AMMAH VRS AUBYNN (C5/346/2023) [2024] GHACC 161 (1 March 2024)

AMMAH VRS AUBYNN (C5/346/2023) [2024] GHACC 161 (1 March 2024)

The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to respondent's unreasonable behaviour, including aggression, lack of affection, extra-marital affairs, and refusal to build a home, making it unreasonable for petitioner to continue living with respondent. No financial provision is ordered as both parties are gainfully employed and petitioner led no evidence justifying such provision.

Citation
AMMAH VRS AUBYNN (C5/346/2023) [2024] GHACC 161 (1 March 2024)
Parties
Petitioner: Majorie Dedei Ammah; Respondent: James Isaac Aubynn
Court
ghacc
Jurisdiction
Ghana
Judgment Date
1 March 2024
Procedural Posture
Matrimonial Cause (divorce) / Final Judgment
Outcome
petition granted in part
Legal Topics
Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Financial Provision
Source Language
eng
Family Law Divorce Matrimonial Causes Financial Provision

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Parties

Majorie Dedei Ammah

Petitioner

James Isaac Aubynn

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Matrimonial Cause (divorce) / Final Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation
  2. 2 Whether the petitioner is entitled to financial provision

Ratio Decidendi

The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to respondent's unreasonable behaviour, including aggression, lack of affection, extra-marital affairs, and refusal to build a home, making it unreasonable for petitioner to continue living with respondent. No financial provision is ordered as both parties are gainfully employed and petitioner led no evidence justifying such provision.

Court Disposition

petition granted in part

Orders

  • Marriage between parties dissolved forthwith as of 1st March 2024
  • No financial provision ordered