[2024]DLCA17831 • July 25, 2024 • Court of Appeal
BRIDGET ADDO ACHEAMPONG vs. HAYFORD ADDO ACHEAMPONG
The parties married in 1995 in Accra and relocated to Germany where their marriage was dissolved in 2017. During the marriage, they acquired a property at Ogbojo, Ghana, which the Plaintiff claims is jointly owned due to contributions in cash and kind towards acquisition and construction. The Defendant contends the land was purchased and the house largely constructed before marriage and that the Plaintiff made no contribution. The German divorce court awarded the Plaintiff half of the Defendant's pension and insurance entitlements but made no pronouncement on the property in Ghana.
read moreJUDGMENT DODOO, JA (MRS) “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned …” William Congreve, The Mourning Bride (1697) And it came to pass that the parties got married to each other on 22nd December, 1995 at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). They relocated to Germany where their marriage came to an end on 5th December, 2017 at the Local Family Court in Bremen, Germany. On 31st December 2019, the Plaintiff/Respondent (who will be referred to in this Appeal as the Plaintiff) instituted suit against the Defendant/Appellant (who will be referred to as the Defendant in this Appeal) claiming the following reliefs: (1) A declaration that all that piece or parcel of land lying and being at Ogbojo bounded on the North East by Lessor’s land measuring 120.4 feet more or less, on the South East by a proposed road measuring 148.4 feet more or less on the South West by Lessor’s land measuring 122.2 more or less on the North West by Lessor’s land measuring 170.2 feet more...