ERSKINE vs. ERSKINE

JUDGMENT OF TWUMASI J. This is an action for the dissolution of the marriage contracted on 29 September 1973 by Mr Kwamina Atta Erskine, barrister-at-law, who has his permanent place of abode at No 55 Chapel Hill, Takoradi, and Mrs Justina Gyanba Erskine, the supervisor of Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, stationed at Takoradi. It is the husband, Kwamina Atta Erskine, who petitioned for an order to dissolve the marriage. The main ground for which divorce was sought was that since January 1975 the wife had been guilty of desertion and from all indications the marriage had broken down beyond reconciliation. In her answer to the petition the wife admitted desertion but gave reasons for her conduct. The petitioner disputed the validity of those reasons and challenged the wife to substantiate her allegations. When the case became ripe for hearing counsel for the wife stated that his instructions were that the wife had no objection to the dissolution of the marriage but was prepar...