MRS. ABENA POKUA V. YAW KWAKYE

JUDGMENT

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 [1.0]. My lords, the Petitioner/Respondent/Appellant, Abena Pokua, (hereafter referred to as the Petitioner), celebrated a customary law marriage with the Respondent/Appellant/Respondent, Yaw Kwakye, (hereafter referred to as the Respondent) in 1998. At the time of the marriage, the Respondent had other wives and children to the knowledge of the Petitioner. The couple had three children. Alleging that the marriage had broken down beyond reconciliation, the Petitioner filed the instant petition at the High Court for a dissolution of the marriage. The Petitioner also prayed the High Court for “an order for all matrimonial properties to be shared”. At paragraph 14 of the petition which can be found at page 2 of volume 1 of the record of appeal (ROA), the Petitioner pleaded that:

“14 The parties acquired the following properties in the course of the marriage:

a) Self-contained House, Ajara Jn. Kade

b) House, near CAC Church, Kade

c) Commercial House, Prankese

d) Ten (10) ac…