MRS. MARVA AMOATENG (PETITIONER) vs. MR. SAMUEL AMOATENG (RESPONDENT) [2016]DLHC7651

Date	2016-08-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BDMC 85/11
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC7651

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)

MRS. M. Y. N. ACHIAMPONG FOR THE PETITIONER

MRS. MAAME AMA HANY FOR MR. EGBERT FAIBILLE JNR. FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2016]DLHC7651
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. MARVA
AMOATENG<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>MR. SAMUEL
AMOATENG<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT (FINANCIAL &amp; ECONOMIC DIVISION 2), 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. BDMC 85/11&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
4TH AUGUST, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MRS.
M. Y. N. ACHIAMPONG 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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MRS.
MAAME AMA HANY FOR MR. EGBERT FAIBILLE JNR. FOR THE RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</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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HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>On the 22nd of December, 2010,
this matter commenced with the issuance of a petition by the petitioner on
which she sought the following; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.75pt;margin-right:.7pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">i) That the marriage between her and the
Respondent be dissolved; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:181.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">ii) Custody of the child of the marriage; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">iii) Payment of regular maintenance for both
the Petitioner and the child of the marriage; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:286.55pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">iv) Lump sum alimony. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">v) A declaration that the matrimonial
property House No. 306, Mandela and the Chicos Restaurant are jointly owned by
the parties; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:20.15pt;margin-right:-.2pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">vi) An order of this Honourable Court for the
Petitioner and the child of the marriage to continue to reside in the matrimonial
home at Mandela; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>vii) An order of injunction restraining the
Respondent whether by himself, his servants, agents or assigns from ever
ejecting or attempting to eject the Petitioner and the child of the marriage
from the matrimonial home H/No. 306, Mandela; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">viii) That the Respondent be mulcted in costs
for being responsible for the breakdown of the marriage. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:27.8pt;margin-right:384.7pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes">THE
FACTS: <o:p></o:p>The uncontroverted facts of the case before
the Court are that the Petitioner is a British citizen of Caribbean descent who
met and married the Respondent in the UK on the 25th of August,
1994. They cohabited in the UK and later relocated to Ghana. It is also
uncontroverted that there is one child of the marriage, Samuel Clement
Amoateng, born on the 19th of June, 1999. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.5pt;margin-right:.45pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">The parties part ways regarding the following
matters as far as the pleadings are concerned; <o:p></o:p>