DIANA YAWA DJIRACKOR vs. SETH MENSAH KOJO DUMOGA

On the 16th of December, 2014, the Petitioner instituted the present divorce proceedings against the Respondent seeking the following reliefs: a) The dissolution of the marriage b) An order for the Respondent to pay a lump sum financial compensation of GH¢ 20,000.00 to the Petitioner c) The Respondent pays the cost of the proceeding. The main allegation upon which Petitioner grounds the instant Petition is that the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation on account of the Respondent’s unreasonable behaviour. The Respondent in his “RESPONSE TO PETITION” filed on the 13th day of February, 2015 admitted that the marriage had broken down but prayed in his Cross Petition that the Court refers the Parties to a Court appointed Counselor for a final attempt at reconciliation. The Parties, both Ghanaians were married under the Ordinance on the 9th day of March, 1996, having been married customarily some 7 years prior to the said date. After, the marri...