JUDITH ATAWA GATROR vs. WISDOM KPORTSU [2017]DLCA5110

Date	2017-05-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/04/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5110

ADJEI J.A

SOWAH J.A

MENSAH J.A

GODWIN T. K. T. KPOBLE FOR PETITIONER.

NO REPRESENTATIVE FOR RESPONDENT.

[2017]DLCA5110
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JUDITH ATAWA GATROR <o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>WISDOM KPORTSU <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GODWIN T. K. T. KPOBLE FOR
PETITIONER.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO
REPRESENTATIVE FOR RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ADJEI
J.A, SOWAH J.A , MENSAH J.A<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>L. L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>The Facts of the case:<o:p></o:p>The
parties in this case who are husband and wife were married under customary
law.&nbsp; The marriage was later solemnized
under the Marriage Ordinance on the 17th of June 2012 at the
Christian Assembly Church, Ho.&nbsp; While the
Petitioner/Appellant wife is a community nurse with a diploma in midwifery, at
Worawora, the Respondent/Respondent husband is a graduate teacher at Banda in
the Krachie Ntsumburu District of the Volta Region.&nbsp; The Respondent/Respondent will be referred
hereafter as Respondent.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Before
the marriage, the Petitioner/Appellant who will hereafter be referred to as the
Petitioner was offered admission to read midwifery at Dorma Ahenkro hospital in
the Brong Ahafo Region for two years.&nbsp;
This decision of the Petitioner to further her education was strongly
disapproved of by the Respondent who said the Petitioner left him for school
two weeks after the wedding.&nbsp; As a result
of this, a serious misunderstanding arose between the couple.&nbsp; Alleging that the marriage has broken down
beyond reconciliation, the Petitioner on the 8th of January 2015,
filed a petition for divorce in the registry of the High Court, Ho for
dissolution of the marriage.&nbsp; The
Respondent resisted the petition, insisting that the marriage was “only facing
a few challenges which we can resolve”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>After
going through a full length trial, with none of the parties calling any witness
to support their stand, the learned trial judge dismissed the petition to
dissolve the marriage.&nbsp; He held that the
Petitioner “has failed on all grounds without proof that the marriage has
broken down beyond reconciliation”.&nbsp; Aggrieved
by the decision, the Petitioner appealed to this forum.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Grounds of Appeal:<o:p></o:p>