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JOHN PHILIP OKECHUKWU TABANSI V. VIVIAN IFEOMATABANSI

(2016) JELR 54812 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  SC.241/2008  •  16 Dec 2016  •  Nigeria

Coram
MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI JSC OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA JSC KUMAI BAYANG AKAAHS JSC (Read the Lead Judgment) KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN JSC

Appearances
Chudi Obieze (with him, Udoka Odiamma, Ofuneka Osotule, F Nnamdi Phil-Ebosie, F. O. Aniweta and Uche Arah - for the Appellant. -*- Chief O. Ugola SAN (with him, F. A. R. Obi Okafor - for the Respondent . G

Judgement

AKAAHS JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): In his notice of petition in suit No. OT/ID/2005 dated 2 March 2005, the appellant as petitioner sought for a dissolution of his marriage to the respondent and prayed for the following orders:-

1. A decree of dissolution of marriage between the petitioner and the respondent.

2. Unlimited access to the child of the marriage to be granted to the petitioner, whereby the child shall spend her holidays with the petitioner and also spend some weekends with the petitioner, until such a time the child attains the age of ten (10) years.

3. An order granting custody of the child of the marriage to the petitioner, upon the child attaining the age of ten years, the petitioner’s house being her natural and traditional home and birth right.

4. Access to the child of the marriage to be granted to the respondent, upon the child’s attainment of ten years of age, to visit the child at the petitioner’s house and also for the child to visit respondent on holida…

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