[2023]DLHC16817 • July 27, 2023 • High Court
MRS. CHARITY BOADI-DARKWA vs. MR. MICHAEL BOADI- DARKWA
The petitioner, Mrs. Charity Boadi-Darkwa, filed a petition for divorce against the respondent, Mr. Michael Boadi-Darkwa, seeking dissolution of their ordinance marriage celebrated on 8th October 1989. The marriage produced two adult children. The petitioner alleged unreasonable behavior and irreconcilable differences leading to separation. The respondent did not oppose the dissolution but sought reconciliation. Both parties admitted they had not lived as husband and wife for several years, with the petitioner asserting five years and the respondent two years of separation.
read moreJUDGMENT The Petitioner on 3rd September, 2021 invoked the court’s jurisdiction in a petition for divorce under Section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367) and Order 65 rule 2 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47) for the dissolution of her ordinance marriage with Respondent. The Petitioner also prayed for other reliefs consequent to the dissolution of the marriage. The reliefs are: (a) A declaration that the Petitioner has 50% share in the properties acquired during the subsistence of the marriage as sated at paragraphs 42 and 43 of the Petitioner’s Petition. (b) An order for the recovery of 50% share of the properties acquired during the subsistence of the marriage as stated at paragraph 42 and 43 of the Petitioner’s Petition. (c) That the Respondent be ordered to pay a lump sum of GH¢40,000.00 to the Petitioner. (d) Cost of the suit and any other reliefs as the Honourable Court may deem expedient so to grant the petitioner. The Res...