ABDUL-AZIZ ABU MUSAH vs. VIVIAN ABU MUSAH

G. TORKORNOO, J. A: The couple in this appeal got married in 1998 and came to court for dissolution of their marriage in 2011. At the time they came to court, the Petitioner/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as Appellant), lived in the outhouse of the matrimonial home, H/No 52 Lashibi, Tema and the Respondent/Respondent (hereinafter refereed to as Respondent), lived in the main house with their children. In his judgment, the learned trial judge found that the couple had lived as a husband and wife for 14 years. He settled from the evidence that the land on which the matrimonial home stood was acquired by Appellant and his first witness PW1 and the Appellant’s portion of the land is where his property is situate. He also settled that ‘the parties moved into the house in 1998 at the time the main building was being built and was not completed.’ He held that ‘the outhouse and main house was completed during the pendency of the marriage’. (page 181 of ROA and page 8 of the ju...