GLORIA ODARTEY LAMPTEY vs. NII ODARTEY LAMPTEY [2017]DLHC10741

Date	2017-06-14
Suit No.	BDMC 454/2013
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC10741

HER LADYSHIP MRS. CECILIA DON-CHEBE AGBEVEY J

DAVID KUDUADZI WITH LEBRECHT MALM-KESSIE WITH VICTOR LARSEY FOR THE PETITIONER PRESENT

IRIS AGGREY-ORLEANS FOR THE RESPONDENT PRESENT

[2017]DLHC10741
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GLORIA ODARTEY LAMPTEY<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NII ODARTEY LAMPTEY<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>BDMC
454/2013 &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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
14TH JUNE,
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</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>DAVID
KUDUADZI
WITH LEBRECHT MALM-KESSIE WITH VICTOR LARSEY FOR THE PETITIONER
PRESENT <o:p></o:p>IRIS
AGGREY-ORLEANS FOR THE RESPONDENT PRESENT <o:p></o: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: 31pt 31pt 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP MRS. CECILIA DON-CHEBE AGBEVEY J<o:p></o: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: 31pt 31pt 1pt;">

</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o: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: 31pt 31pt 1pt;">

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</div>There
is the need to set the tone for this judgment picking what
the concern of this court should
be from the pleadings of the parties. <o:p></o:p>Firstly,
is the issue of the dissolution of the marriage. Both parties are agreeable to
the dissolution
of the marriage. The duty of the court is therefore to find out whether there
is any basis
to grant the divorce. The petitioner alleges