AMANOR VRS NARTEH (A4/91/2023) [2024] GHADC 130 (4 January 2024)
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to frequent physical assault, inability to live together, mutual consent to divorce, and failed reconciliation attempts, satisfying the statutory grounds for dissolution.
- Citation
- AMANOR VRS NARTEH (A4/91/2023) [2024] GHADC 130 (4 January 2024)
- Parties
- Petitioner: Lydia Amanor; Respondent: Muala Peter Narteh
- Court
- ghadc
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 4 January 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- petition granted; marriage dissolved
- Legal Topics
- Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Alimony, Customary Marriage Dissolution
- Source Language
- eng
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Parties
Lydia Amanor
Petitioner
Muala Peter Narteh
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1971 (Act 367)
- 2 Whether the petitioner is entitled to dissolution of marriage and alimony
Ratio Decidendi
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to frequent physical assault, inability to live together, mutual consent to divorce, and failed reconciliation attempts, satisfying the statutory grounds for dissolution.
Court Disposition
petition granted; marriage dissolved
Orders
- Marriage between Lydia Amanor and Muala Peter Narteh is dissolved.
- Respondent shall pay alimony of GHC110,000.00 to the petitioner.
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