ANTWI VRS ANTWI (A8/147/23) [2024] GHADC 8 (26 January 2024)

The parties have not lived together as husband and wife for over six years, satisfying Section 2(1)(f) of Act 367; marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation and must be dissolved.

Citation: ANTWI VRS ANTWI (A8/147/23) [2024] GHADC 8 (26 January 2024)
Parties: Petitioner: Bennet Twum Antwi; Respondent: Augustina Antwi
Court: ghadc
Jurisdiction: Ghana
Judgment Date: 26 January 2024
Procedural Posture: Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
Outcome: marriage dissolved
Legal Topics: Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage
Source Language: eng

Family Law Divorce Matrimonial Causes Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage

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Parties

Bennet Twum Antwi

Petitioner

Augustina Antwi

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Divorce Petition / Final Judgment

Legal Issues

1 Whether the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation under the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367)

Ratio Decidendi

The parties have not lived together as husband and wife for over six years, satisfying Section 2(1)(f) of Act 367; marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation and must be dissolved.

Court Disposition

marriage dissolved

Orders

Marriage celebrated between the parties on 3rd May 2007 at the Principal Registrar of Marriages Offices, Accra is hereby dissolved.