ASAMOAH GYAN vs. GIFTY GYAN [2023]DLHC16615

Date	2023-10-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO: DM 0263/2018
DL Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16615

• HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE HAFISATA AMALEBOBA (MRS)

• EDWIN KUSI APPIAH ESQ WITH HIM MARTIN OWUSU ESQ FRED SETH THOMAS MIREKU ESQ AND SANDRA AMA TIKPE ESQ FOR PETITIONER

• STEPHEN NSIAH OPOKU ESQ WITH HIM CHARLES QUANSAH ESQ JEFFREY KORANTENG ESQ AND VANESSA DODOO ESQ FOR RESPNDENT

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                                                                <main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:12.4pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0">ASAMOAH GYAN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(PETITIONER)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

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margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0">GIFTY GYAN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">SUIT NO: DM 0263/2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 31</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">ST&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">OCTOBER, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">EDWIN KUSI APPIAH ESQ, WITH
HIM MARTIN OWUSU ESQ ,FRED SETH THOMAS MIREKU ESQ AND SANDRA AMA TIKPE ESQ FOR
PETITIONER,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">STEPHEN NSIAH OPOKU ESQ ,WITH HIM CHARLES QUANSAH ESQ JEFFREY KORANTENG ESQ AND VANESSA DODOO ESQ FOR
RESPNDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
HAFISATA AMALEBOBA (MRS) <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:12.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">This is a husband's
Petition for annulment of the marriage between the parties and for ancillary
reliefs. The uncontroverted facts of this case are that the parties who are
both Ghanaian citizens, met at the Wangara Hotel in Accra in the year 2003. At the
date of this meeting, the Respondent was an employee of the Wangara Hotel,
while the Petitioner, a professional footballer with the Liberty Professionals
Football Club in Accra, had just been called up to join the National Under 23
football team, the Black Meteors. Sometime after this meeting, the parties
began an amorous relationship, which produced their first two male children.
After several years of being in this relationship, the parties took a decision
to legalize their union.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:12.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">On 31st&nbsp; August&nbsp;
2013&nbsp; the&nbsp; parties&nbsp;
celebrated&nbsp; their&nbsp; marriage&nbsp;
under&nbsp; the <b>MARRIAGES ACT, 1884 - 1985 (CAP 127)</b>, at the Accra Metropolitan
Assembly.&nbsp; After the marriage after the
marriage, the parties did not cohabit, but stayed in separate homes, visiting
each other periodically, both in and outside Ghana. A female child was born to
the parties after their marriage. The three (3) children of the marriage, are
Frederick Asamoah Gyan Junior, aged seventeen&nbsp;
(17) years, Raphael Mensah Gyan, aged eleven&nbsp; (11) years and Zelda Ohemaa Gyan, aged nine
(9) years. The children are all minors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>