MRS. GENEVIEVE LOMOFIO vs. NII OSA LOMOFIO [2009]DLHC4371

Date	2009-10-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BDC/104/07
Citation No.	[2009]DLHC4371

KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. AKWASI BOSOMPEM FOR THE PETITIONER

MR. KWAKU ASARE FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2009]DLHC4371
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">MRS. GENEVIEVE LOMOFIO<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>NII OSA LOMOFIO <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR
DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. BDC/104/07&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;DATE: 9TH OCTOBER, 2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. AKWASI BOSOMPEM FOR THE
PETITIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWABENA
ASUMAN-ADU, JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The petitioner filed a petition on
13th April, 2007 against the respondent for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:
 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">That
 the marriage between the parties be dissolved;<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="2" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:
 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">That
 the matrimonial home of the parties be declared joint property;<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="3" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:
 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">That
 the respondent be ordered to pay the petitioner a lump sum of financial
 provision;<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="4" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:
 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">That
 the respondent be ordered to pay maintenance pendent lite to the petitioner;<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="5" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:
 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">That
 the respondent be ordered to replace the Opel Astra with registration
 number GW 2569 S which he has used extensively and depreciated its value;<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="6" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:
 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">That
 the respondent be ordered to pay cost of and incidental to this suit<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The respondent entered appearance to
the petition and filed an answer on 25th April, 2007 in which he
denied the reliefs being claimed by the petitioner.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The petitioner states in her
petition that she and the respondent married under Customary Law on 11th
March, 2000 and thereafter under the Ordinance on 30th March, 2000
in Accra. After the marriage, they cohabited in various houses in Kisseman in
Accra. There are no issues of the marriage.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The petitioner goes on to aver that
due to the unreasonable behavior of the respondent the marriage between them
has broken down beyond reconciliation. She goes on to give the particulars of
the unreasonable behavior of the respondent that, without any just cause, he
packed out of the room they have been sharing together and has for well over
two (2) years been sleeping alone in another room. The parties have as a result
not engaged in any form of sexual intercourse for over one year now.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The respondent is fond of insulting
the petitioner without any just cause or provocation and calls the petitioner
names like “Tuutu Yo” meaning prostitute and others.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The respondent has on numerous
occasions called the petitioner a barren woman and dared her to go and flirt
with another man and have a baby, when he knows very well that he rather
suffers from low sperm count as well as erectile dysfunctioning for which
reason there is no child in the marriage.<o:p></o:p>