DONKOR VRS ANSONG (A8/170/23) [2023] GHADC 911 (8 December 2023)

Both parties have been separated for five years, have not lived together as husband and wife, and both consent to dissolution; the marriage is found to have broken down beyond reconciliation.

Citation: [2023] GHADC 911
Parties: Petitioner: Emmanuel Aboagye Donkor; Respondent: Joyce Ansong
Court: District Court
Jurisdiction: Ghana
Judgment Date: 8 December 2023
Case Number: A8/170/23
Procedural Posture: Divorce Petition / Judgment
Outcome: petition granted; marriage dissolved
Legal Topics: Divorce, Custody, Maintenance
Source Language: English

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Parties

Emmanuel Aboagye Donkor

Petitioner

Joyce Ansong

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Divorce Petition / Judgment

Legal Issues

1 Whether the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation under the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (ACT 367)

Ratio Decidendi

Both parties have been separated for five years, have not lived together as husband and wife, and both consent to dissolution; the marriage is found to have broken down beyond reconciliation.

Court Disposition

petition granted; marriage dissolved

Orders

The marriage celebrated on 10th August 2010 at Church of Christ Nsawam Road is dissolved.
Marriage certificate number CC/15-2010 is cancelled.