[2014]DLHC16437 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; color:#00B0F0">FELICIA ANTWI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"">(PETITIONER)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> <span style="color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; color:#00B0F0">BEN JOHN ASANTE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"">(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">[HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION)]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">SUIT NO. BDMC 110/07 DATE: 15<sup>TH</sup> MAY, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">G. H. QUIST FOR PETITIONER PRESENT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">FRIMPONG BUADU FOR RESPONDENT PRESENT.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KOFI ESSEL MENSAH<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">BY COURT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The evidence led so far demonstrates quite strongly that the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation. The couple has not lived together as man and wife for the past 7 years and there is no indication that they will ever come together. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">In the circumstance this court will grant the prayer of dissolution. Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that the marriage celebrated on 23<sup>rd</sup> January, 1997 between the parties is dissolved as the same has broken down beyond reconciliation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">There is no order for property settlement. There is no order as to cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="right" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:right; text-indent:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="right" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:right; text-indent:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">(SGD.) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="right" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:right; text-indent:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">KOFI ESSEL MENSAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="right" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:right; text-indent:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">(JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></span></span>