OKYERE VRS AFARI (G/WJ/DG/A4/07/23) [2022] GHADC 377 (6 December 2022)
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to the petitioner's desertion of the matrimonial home since 2016, and the parties have not lived as husband and wife for a continuous period exceeding five years.
- Citation
- [2022] GHADC 377
- Parties
- Petitioner: Golder Nana Adjoa Okyere; Respondent: Ebenezer Obarey Afari
- Court
- District Court
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 6 December 2022
- Case Number
- G/WJ/DG/A4/07/23
- Procedural Posture
- Divorce Petition / Judgment
- Outcome
- petition granted; marriage dissolved
- Legal Topics
- Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Breakdown of Marriage, Desertion
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Golder Nana Adjoa Okyere
Petitioner
Ebenezer Obarey Afari
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the ordinance marriage contracted between the parties in 2012 has broken down beyond reconciliation
Ratio Decidendi
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to the petitioner's desertion of the matrimonial home since 2016, and the parties have not lived as husband and wife for a continuous period exceeding five years.
Court Disposition
petition granted; marriage dissolved
Orders
- The marriage between Golder Nana Adjoa Okyere and Ebenezer Obarey Afari celebrated on 17th May 2012 is dissolved.
- A certificate of divorce is to issue.
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