LINDA AKOTO (PETITIONER/RESPONDENT) vs. BRIGHT KWESI MANU (RESPONDENT/APPELLANT) [2019]DLCA7721

Date	2019-11-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/100/19
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7721

LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A. (PRESIDING)

TORKORNOO J.A.

POKU-ACHEAMPONG J.A.

GEORGE TETTEH WAYOE FOR PETITIONER/RESPONDENT

NAA DJAMAH AYIKOI-OTOO FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA7721
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LINDA AKOTO<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>BRIGHT KWESI
MANU<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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SUIT
NO.: H1/100/19&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 NOVEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GEORGE
TETTEH WAYOE FOR PETITIONER/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NAA
DJAMAH AYIKOI-OTOO FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT<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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LOVELACE-JOHNSON
J.A. (PRESIDING), TORKORNOO J.A., POKU-ACHEAMPONG J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>POKU- ACHEAMPONG, JA:<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court Accra in a divorce case
delivered on 18th December, 2015.<o:p></o:p>In
this judgment the Petitioner shall be referred to as the Respondent and the
Respondent as the Appellant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Appellant is aggrieved by the decision that he should transfer or convey title
to the matrimonial home containing thirteen (13) rooms to the Respondent.<o:p></o:p>In
his book “The Law on Family Relations in Ghana” at chapter 8 titled Financial
Consequences on Termination of Marriage by Divorce the eminent Prof. Emeritus
W. C. Ekow Daniels has this quotation on divorce by JOSEPH JACKSON Q.C. which
states as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Divorce
has become less about divorce and more about money. The process by which a
divorce is obtained has become increasingly less significant. The parties now
wage warfare on the battlefield of finance” (See page 329 of the book)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This
is an apt statement which accurately describes the circumstances of the instant
case. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Respondent
and the Appellant both Ghanaians were married customarily in 2004 and have two
children. The marriage was subsequently registered in 2014.&nbsp; The Appellant who is permanently resident in
Holland visited Ghana during which period the Respondent who lives permanently
in Ghana caused a Divorce Petition to be served on him praying for the
following reliefs.<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the marriage between
the parties be dissolved.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Petitioner be granted
custody of the children of the marriage<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That a declaration for care
and maintenance of t</main>