[2023]DLHC16929July 10, 2023High Court

THE REPUBLIC vs. LOIUS MACAIAH EX-PARTES: AMIRA MACAIAH (AKA NEE NORSHIE) (APPLICANT)

JUDGMENT The Applicant herein, the divorced wife of the Respondent filed the instant application under Order 50 Rule 1 of the C.I 47 praying the Court to commit the Respondent afore-named for contempt of Court and punish him accordingly. The application is supported by a 17 paragraph Affidavit. To put the prayer into context, I quote and reproduce hereunder paragraphs 7 through 12 of the Affidavit in Support thus;- “7. The Court made the following Orders: (a) The Applicant herein was granted custody of the children with reasonable access to the Respondent herein. (b) The Respondent herein was to pay sustenance fee of GH¢1, 200 for the children a month and (c) The Respondent herein was to secure a suitable accommodation and pay rent until the last child attains maturity or the applicant herein remarries. A copy of the Judgment is hereby attached and marked as Exhibit SM3 8. That the Entry of Judgment was filed on 12th December, 2019 and was served on the Respondent. A copy o...