MICHAEL KWADWO NYAMEKYE vs. FLORENCE GYAMFI PER HER LAWFUL ATTORNEY AFIA KESEWAA [2020]DLCA8591

Date	2020-01-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/20/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8591

MARIAMA OWUSU J.S.C. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J. A.

WELBOURNE (MRS.) J. A.

KOFI ADDO FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

ANTHONY K. MMIEH FOR PETITIONER/RESPONDENT.

[2020]DLCA8591
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MICHAEL KWADWO NYAMEKYE<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>FLORENCE GYAMFI PER HER LAWFUL ATTORNEY AFIA KESEWAA<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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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KOFI ADDO 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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ANTHONY K. MMIEH FOR
PETITIONER/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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MARIAMA OWUSU J.S.C.
(PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J. A., WELBOURNE (MRS.) J. A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>WELBOURNE, J.A<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the Judgment of the High Court, Kumasi dated 8th
day of November, 2016. <o:p></o:p>The Judgment of the trial Court spanned from pages 103-110 of the Record
of Appeal. The Notice Appeal filed on 18/11/16 can be found at pages 111 – 112
of the Record of Appeal.<o:p></o:p>In this appeal, the Petitioner/Respondent is hereinafter referred to as
the Respondent, while the Respondent/Appellant is hereinafter referred to as
the Appellant. The Record of Appeal is also hereinafter referred to as the
Record.<o:p></o:p>BRIEF FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The facts of the case which cumulated into
the instant appeal as narrated by the Respondent herein in a short compass are:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Respondent herein is currently resident in the
United Kingdom whilst the Appellant is resident in Ghana. They shall be
collectively referred to as the “Parties”,<o:p></o:p>The
Parties are both Ghanaians. The Parties met in or about 1986 and entered into
an amorous relationship. According to the Respondent, she subsequently managed
to successfully moved to Italy sometime in 1988. Two months prior to that, the
couple were blessed with a baby girl whom they named Linda Nyamekye Boatema. In
or about 1989 the Appellant made arrangement for the Respondent to join him in
Italy through the help of a “connection man”.<o:p></o:p>In or
about 1991 their otherwise informal relationship was formalised by the
performance of an Akan Customary Marriage, in absentia, in Ghana by their
respective families.<o:p></o:p>They later
had a child in Italy whom they named Dennis Nyamekye and who at the time of the
filing of Petition was Fifteen (15) years and in the custody of the Respondent
in the United Kingdom.