[2010]DLCA4581 • December 2, 2010 • Court of Appeal
CHRISTIANA QUARTSON vs. PIOUS POPE QUARTSON
The appellant (petitioner) sought dissolution of marriage, custody of minor child, order for respondent to vacate matrimonial home, financial settlement including lump sum payment, director's fees, and shares in a company. The respondent cross-petitioned for dissolution, custody of children, and order for petitioner to vacate matrimonial home. The High Court dissolved the marriage, awarded custody to respondent, ordered appellant to vacate matrimonial home, awarded appellant a lump sum of GH¢35,000, a double plot, and a vehicle. Appellant appealed against several orders including the order to vacate the matrimonial home and the financial settlement amount.
read moreMARFUL-SAU JA: This appeal is taken from the judgment of the High Court Sekondi dated the 14th November 2008.The petitioner at the court below who is the appellant in this appeal by her amended petition prayed for the following; i. The said marriage be dissolved. ii. That the petitioner be granted custody of Perry the minor child of the marriage. iii. That the respondent be ordered to vacate the matrimonial home. iv. That the petitioner be paid a lump sum of ¢500,000,000.00 as dissolution settlement. v. That the petitioner be given all her director’s fees and allowances as a director of Pious Trading and Construction Company Ltd of which the respondent has coveted as his company. vi. That the petitioner’s 40% shares in Pious Trading and Construction Company Ltd be quantified and paid to her as part of the marriage settlement. vii. That the respondent be condemned in costs. viii. That the petitioner may have such further relief as this Honourable court...