[2024]DLCA17621 • February 8, 2024 • Court of Appeal
HANNAH DARKWAH vs. NANA GYAMFI MENSAH-BONSU
The parties were customarily married on 8 April 2012. During the marriage, they acquired properties including a one-storey building at STI, Asenua Kwabare, a Toyota Highlander vehicle, and an American Ford vehicle. The Petitioner filed for divorce alleging unreasonable behavior and sought dissolution of marriage, maintenance, alimony, and a share of the properties. The Respondent cross-petitioned for divorce, denied joint ownership of the properties claiming they were family assets, and resisted maintenance and alimony claims.
read moreJUDGMENT _________________________________________________________________________________ MENSAH-HOMIAH, J.A. INTRODUCTION: This appeal emanates from the Judgment of the Circuit Court, Adum, Kumasi, delivered on 24th September 2019, which substantially granted the reliefs sought by the Petitioner/Respondent herein in her divorce Petition. By a notice of appeal filed on 13th October 2019, the Respondent/Appellant seeks to impugn this judgment save the order for dissolution of the marriage between the parties. Henceforth, the Petitioner/Respondent and the Respondent/Appellant will be referred to as Petitioner and Respondent, respectively, for purposes of convenience. FACTS These are the facts relevant to this appeal. The Respondent married the Petitioner customarily on 8th April, 2012 and there is no issue to the marriage. Hitherto, the parties had cohabited for many years. By her petition for divorce filed on 10th January 2017 the Petitioner averred that in the course of her m...