BEATRICE OYE-PLOKHAAR vs. STERIAN PLOKHAAR

JUDGMENT The petitioner herein, a Ghanaian citizen was lawfully married to the Respondent herein, a Dutch national under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap 127) on the 3rd day of January, 2009 in Accra. After the said marriage the parties co-habited at Mariville Home at Manet Courts in Accra. They have had one issue, Master Sterian Plokhaar Junior who was aged 2 ½ years at the time the petition was filed. The petitioner contends that the marriage between the parties has, however, broken down beyond reconciliation on account of the respondent’s violent and unreasonable behavior as well as his promiscuous and adulterous nature to the extent that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to continue to live with him. The petitioner, therefore, on 1st June, 2012 commenced the instant action by filing a petition praying for the following reliefs: a. That the said marriage celebrated between the parties on 3rd January, 2009 be dissolved for the reasons stated above. b. That the custody of...