SAMUEL ANINKORAH vs. BEATRICE YAA ANINKORAH

OWUSU-ANSAH, JA: The parties got married customarily in 1969. The marriage was converted into monogamous marriage under the marriage Ordinance on the 17th September 1982 – at the Church of Pentecost Temple, Labadi, Accra-Ghana. The parties lived in Accra with the six (6) children of the marriage. Since 1983 the husband Petitioner, a staff of the Ghana Army, has been living and working in Israel; as Food and Beverage Manager of the United Nations (NIFIL) in Israel; where the wife (Respondent) and children later joined him. The children were subsequently transferred to London with the Respondent for their education. The respondent since 1995 has been living in Ghana. In or about 1993 the parties started having problems with their marriage. During the marriage, the matrimonial home, H/No. B 94/31 Kwashieman, Accra was acquired. Later another plot was acquired near the matrimonial home for a hospitality project. According to the Petitioner, he also acquired a two-bed room house a.....