MICHAEL KYEI BAFFOUR vs. GLORIA CARLIS ANAMAN [2018]DLCA4822

Date	2018-01-23
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/63/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4822

ADUAMA OSEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J. A.

WELBOURNE (MRS) J. A.

PATRICK ADU POKU FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.

NO REPRESENTATION FOR PETITIONER/RESPONDENT.

[2018]DLCA4822
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MICHAEL KYEI
BAFFOUR
<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GLORIA
CARLIS ANAMAN <o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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: H1/63/2017&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:
23DR JANUARY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PATRICK
ADU POKU FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO
REPRESENTATION FOR PETITIONER/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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ADUAMA OSEI J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J. A., WELBOURNE
(MRS) J. A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>WELBOURNE,
JA<o:p></o:p>This appeal lies against the judgment
of the Circuit Court dated 19th October, 2016.<o:p></o:p>The facts that have culminated in this
appeal are that, on the 8th day of December, 2015, the Petitioner/Respondent(hereinafter
described as the Respondent) issued a petition praying for the dissolution of
their marriage and the custody of the only child of the marriage with access to
the Respondent/Appellant (hereinafter described as the Appellant).<o:p></o:p>The Appellant in his answer to the
petition, cross petitioned for the custody of the child during school times and
on vacation with the Respondent.<o:p></o:p>On the 14th of June, 2016,
on being told by the parties that they had both lost interest in the marriage,
the trial court purported to dissolve the marriage and it thereafter took
evidence on the issue of custody and granted custody to the Respondent. <o:p></o:p>The purported dissolution of the
marriage is a matter this Court return to later in this judgment.<o:p></o:p>Now, dissatisfied with the judgment of
the trial court granting custody to the Respondent, the Appellant has brought
this appeal on the sole ground that the judgment is against the weight of
evidence and same is not grounded on any point of law.<o:p></o:p>The Supreme Court has held in a number
of cases that where an Appellant complains that a judgment is against the weight
of evidence he is implying that there were certain pieces of evidence on record
which if applied in his favour, could have changed the decision in his favour
or that certain pieces of evidence have been wrongly applied against him. In
such a case, the onus is on such an Appellant to demonstrate to the court such
lapses that are evident on the record.<o:p></o:p>Some of these cases are: Djin vrs Musah Baako [2007-2008] SCGLR 687;
Akufo Addo vrs Catheline [1992] 1 GLR 377 and Boateng &amp; ors vrs Boateng
[1987-1988] 2 GLR 81<o:p></o:p>It is incumbent on this court to
examine the whole record and the evidence before it and arrive at its own
decision.<o:p></o:p>What is the standard of proof in civil
matters? It is trite that section 11 (4) and 12 of the Evidence Act 1975 (NRCD
323) provides that the standard in all civi</main>