OPAREBEA VRS ARYEE (G/WJ/DG/A4/104/23) [2024] GHADC 134 (27 February 2024)
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to the parties not living as husband and wife for over three years as a result of the petitioner's desertion; petitioner failed to prove unreasonable conduct by respondent.
- Citation
- OPAREBEA VRS ARYEE (G/WJ/DG/A4/104/23) [2024] GHADC 134 (27 February 2024)
- Parties
- Petitioner: Agatha Oparebea; Respondent: Bishop Edmond Aryee
- Court
- ghadc
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 27 February 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- divorce granted
- Legal Topics
- Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Desertion, Unreasonable Behaviour
- Source Language
- eng
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Parties
Agatha Oparebea
Petitioner
Bishop Edmond Aryee
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation
- 2 Whether the petitioner has established unreasonable conduct by the respondent
- 3 Whether desertion by the petitioner constitutes grounds for divorce
Ratio Decidendi
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to the parties not living as husband and wife for over three years as a result of the petitioner's desertion; petitioner failed to prove unreasonable conduct by respondent.
Court Disposition
divorce granted
Orders
- The ordinance marriage between Agatha Oparebea and Bishop Edmond Aryee celebrated on 27th December 2003 is dissolved.
- A certificate of divorce is to be issued.
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