EDWARD ANYINYA KOJO ACHAAB (PETITIONER) vs. FLORENCE AKANYACHAAB (RESPONDENT) [2012]DLHC7459

Date	2012-01-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BDMC. 101/11
Citation No.	[2012]DLHC7459

HIS LORDSHIP MR. KWASI DAPAA J.

MARTIN KPEBU FOR PETITIONER

MICHAEL ADJEI BAAH FOR THE RESPONDENT

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
color:#00B0F0">EDWARD ANYINYA KOJO ACHAAB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">(PETITIONER)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
color:#00B0F0">FLORENCE AKANYACHAAB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:
center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">SUIT NO. BDMC. 101/11&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;</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">DATE:
30<sup>TH</sup> JANUARY, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">MARTIN KPEBU FOR PETITIONER <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">MICHAEL ADJEI BAAH FOR THE
RESPONDENT<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">CORAM:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">HIS LORDSHIP MR. KWASI DAPAA
J.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">The
Petitioner initiated these proceedings by a petition filed on the 14th January,
2011 praying that his marriage with the Respondent be dissolved. The Respondent
filed an answer on the 25th January, 2011 and cross-petitioned for a
dissolution of the marriage and any other order(s) or reliefs the court might
deem fit to make. Both of the parties acted by counsel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">When
the Petitioner led evidence on the 8th December, 201, the petition was
adjourned to the 12th January, 2012 for him to be cross-examined by the
Respondent but counsel for the Respondent on that date declined to
cross-examine the Petitioner and rather prayed for the dissolution of the
marriage. Counsel expressly discontinued the claim for an ancillary relief. The
uncontested and unchallenged evidence of the Petitioner was led by his Lawful
Attorney, Bonaventure Bonney Amaachaab of Ashaiman, Accra. He tendered the
Power of Attorney as EXHIBIT 'A'. His evidence was that the Petitioner and the
Respondent got married under the Marriage Act 1884-1995 (Act 127) at the Tema
Municipal Assembly on the 5th August, 2004. They co-habited in Tema and thence
in the United States of America (USA). He said the Respondent has become
quarrelsome and hostile to the Petitioner. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">She
has decided not to have any child with the Petitioner and has on occasions
threatened to stab the Petitioner for attempting to have sex with her. She has
expressly stated that she wished the Petitioner dead. She sometimes left the
matrimonial home for days without disclosing her whereabouts. The families of
the parties and their church elders have all tried to reconcile them to no
avail. The Petitioner and the Respondent could not continue to live under one
roof as husband and wife or at all. Without cross-examining the Petitioner upon
his said evidence the Respondent is deemed to admit same and no further proof
was required in the circumstances. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">See
TAKORADI FLOUR MILLS v. SAMIR FARIS (2005-2006) SC GLR 882 @ 890 I find from
the evidence a strong case for the breakdown of the marriage beyond
reconciliation and I so hold. I grant the prayer of the parties for the
dissolution of their said marriage for that matter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>

</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif">I
declare and decree that the marriage contracted and solemnized between the
parties herein at the Tema Municipal Assembly Office of the Registrar of
Marriages under the Marriage Act 1884-1995(ACT 127) be and is hereby dissolved
for having broken down beyond reconciliation. Each party shall bear his or her
own costs of the proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></p></span></main>