ADU-GYAMFI VRS ADU-GYAMFI (C5/67/2023) [2024] GHACC 156 (3 May 2024)
The unchallenged evidence and mutual consent to divorce, coupled with inability to reconcile differences after diligent effort, satisfy the statutory requirement that the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation. The court is therefore obliged to dissolve the marriage and grant ancillary reliefs as prayed.
- Citation
- ADU-GYAMFI VRS ADU-GYAMFI (C5/67/2023) [2024] GHACC 156 (3 May 2024)
- Parties
- Petitioner: Kwame Adu-Gyamfi; Respondent: Hagar Adu-Gyamfi
- Court
- ghacc
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 3 May 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- petition granted
- Legal Topics
- Divorce, Matrimonial Property Settlement
- Source Language
- eng
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Parties
Kwame Adu-Gyamfi
Petitioner
Hagar Adu-Gyamfi
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation
- 2 Whether the Respondent is entitled to settlement of matrimonial property
Ratio Decidendi
The unchallenged evidence and mutual consent to divorce, coupled with inability to reconcile differences after diligent effort, satisfy the statutory requirement that the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation. The court is therefore obliged to dissolve the marriage and grant ancillary reliefs as prayed.
Court Disposition
petition granted
Orders
- Marriage between parties dissolved forthwith
- Matrimonial home at No. 9 Yellow Street Pantang, Accra settled on Respondent
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