CHRISTIANA QUARTSON vs. PIOUS POPE QUARTSON [2012]DLSC6687

Date	2012-10-31
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL No. J4/8/ 2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLSC6687

ATUGUBA J.S.C. (PRESIDING)

ANSAH J.S.C.

OWUSU (MS.) J.S.C.

ANIN-YEBOAH J.S.C.

GBADEGBE J.S.C.

NENE AMEGATCHER (WITH HIM ISAAC OFOSU-BOATENG) FOR THE PETITIONER/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

KOJO KUM FOR THE RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2012]DLSC6687
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHRISTIANA QUARTSON<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PIOUS POPE QUARTSON<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
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CIVIL APPEAL No. J4/8/ 2012&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: 31ST OCTOBER,
2012<o:p></o:p>

KOJO
KUM FOR THE RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>ANSAH, J.S.C. <o:p></o:p>The
Petitioner and the Respondent lived together as husband and wife for 25 years.
The petitioner petitioned for divorce, citing unreasonable behaviour and
adultery and sought the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the said marriage be dissolved. <o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the petitioner be granted custody of
Perry, the minor child of the marriage <o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the respondent be ordered to vacate
the matrimonial home <o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Petitioner be paid a lump sum of
¢500,000,000 (Five Hundred Million cedis) as dissolution settlement<o:p></o:p>v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Petitioner be given all her
director’s fees and allowances as a director of Pious Trading and Construction
Company Limited of which the Respondent has coveted as “his” company. <o:p></o:p>vi.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Petition’s [SIC] 40 percentum
shares in Pious Trading And Construction Company Limited be quantified and paid
to her as part of the marriage settlement. <o:p></o:p>vii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Respondent be condemned in costs <o:p></o:p>viii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the Petitioner may have such further
reliefs as this Honourable Court may deem fit having regard to property rights.
<o:p></o:p>