Darkowah Vrs Yobo [2023] GHADC 693 (23 June 2023)

Darkowah Vrs Yobo [2023] GHADC 693 (23 June 2023)

The respondent committed adultery, the parties have not lived as husband and wife for at least eight years, and diligent efforts at reconciliation failed; thus, the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation and is dissolved.

Citation
[2023] GHADC 693
Parties
Petitioner: Priscilla Darkowah; Respondent: Samuel Yobo
Court
District Court
Jurisdiction
Ghana
Judgment Date
23 June 2023
Procedural Posture
Divorce Petition / Judgment
Outcome
petition granted; marriage dissolved
Legal Topics
Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Adultery, Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage
Source Language
English
Family Law Divorce Matrimonial Causes Adultery Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage

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Parties

Priscilla Darkowah

Petitioner

Samuel Yobo

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Divorce Petition / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation

Ratio Decidendi

The respondent committed adultery, the parties have not lived as husband and wife for at least eight years, and diligent efforts at reconciliation failed; thus, the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation and is dissolved.

Court Disposition

petition granted; marriage dissolved

Orders

  • The marriage between the parties celebrated on 29th June 2013 at Christ the King Methodist Church Koforidua is dissolved.
  • No order as to cost.