MARTHA LAMPTEY AND CHESTER DUGBATEY [2000]DLCHRAJ5820

Date	2000-09-05
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/519/97/1663
Citation No.	[2000]DLCHRAJ5820

C. A. OPOKU

[2000]DLCHRAJ5820
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">MARTHA LAMPTEY<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">CHESTER DUGBATEY<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>(CHRAJ)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our
Ref: CHRAJ/519/97/1663&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; &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; &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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;05/09/2000<o:p></o:p>

</div>COMMISSIONER:<o:p></o:p>C.
A. OPOKU DEP. CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER FOR: COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The
complainant had a 6 year old daughter with the respondent. The Complaniant was
living with and single-handedly maintaining, the little girl until July, 1997
when the respendent came for her to spend the holidays with him at Mamobi.<o:p></o:p>When
she went for the girl when schools re-opened, the respondent refused to release
her. He said that the child was from then onwards going to live with him.
Further he said that since he would not be able to pay the schools fees charged
by the girl's Preparatory School, he was withdrawing her to a public school.<o:p></o:p>The complainat objected to both proposals
and urged the Commission to return custody of the child to her and also order
the retention of child in the Preparatory School as she said she had no problem
maintaining the child.<o:p></o:p>After
trying unsuccessfully to broker peace, the respondent informed the Commission
that he had been dragged to the Family Tribunal.<o:p></o:p>In
consequence the Commission ceased further investigation in accordance with
Section 8 (2) of Act 456 which states that<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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matter which is pending before a court or judicial tribunal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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