Joyce Kemegbey Vrs Edwin Ocloo [2023] GHACC 69 (30 May 2023)
The parties have not lived together as husband and wife for over seven years immediately preceding the petition, satisfying section 2(1)(e) of Act 367, and the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation.
- Citation
- [2023] GHACC 69
- Parties
- Petitioner: Joyce Kemegbey; Respondent: Edwin Ocloo
- Court
- Circuit Court
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 30 May 2023
- Procedural Posture
- Divorce Petition / Judgment
- Outcome
- petition granted; marriage dissolved
- Legal Topics
- Divorce, Dissolution of Marriage, Matrimonial Causes
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Joyce Kemegbey
Petitioner
Edwin Ocloo
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the marriage between the parties ought to be dissolved
Ratio Decidendi
The parties have not lived together as husband and wife for over seven years immediately preceding the petition, satisfying section 2(1)(e) of Act 367, and the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation.
Court Disposition
petition granted; marriage dissolved
Orders
- The marriage celebrated on 2nd May 1998 between Joyce Kemegbey and Edwin Ocloo is dissolved as of 30th May 2023.
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