AMPONSAH VRS AKORLI (G/WJ/DG/A4/86/23) [2024] GHADC 137 (27 February 2024)
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to respondent’s wilful neglect to maintain petitioner and children, and respondent’s failure to contest petitioner’s evidence.
- Citation
- AMPONSAH VRS AKORLI (G/WJ/DG/A4/86/23) [2024] GHADC 137 (27 February 2024)
- Parties
- Petitioner: Mavis Afua Amponsah; Respondent: Richmond Akorli
- Court
- ghadc
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 27 February 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- customary marriage dissolved
- Legal Topics
- Customary Marriage, Divorce, Child Custody, Maintenance, Alimony
- Source Language
- eng
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Parties
Mavis Afua Amponsah
Petitioner
Richmond Akorli
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the customary marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation
Ratio Decidendi
The marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to respondent’s wilful neglect to maintain petitioner and children, and respondent’s failure to contest petitioner’s evidence.
Court Disposition
customary marriage dissolved
Orders
- Certificate of divorce to be issued
- Terms of agreement dated 24th July 2023 adopted as consent judgment
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