THOMAS ASARE vs. EMELIA ESSILFIE AND BRIGHT GAMELI GBEKU [2020]DLHC10748

Date	2020-06-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO: 397/2015
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10748

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE HAFISATA AMALEBOBA (MRS)

DAVID DUODU ASARE ESQ. FOR THE PETITIONER.

RICHARD LAAPO ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT.

[2020]DLHC10748
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THOMAS ASARE<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EMELIA ESSILFIE AND BRIGHT GAMELI
GBEKU<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DAVID DUODU ASARE ESQ. FOR THE
PETITIONER.<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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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LAAPO ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP
JUSTICE HAFISATA AMALEBOBA (MRS),<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;The
Petitioner and 1st Respondent were customarily married at Odorkor in
Accra on 18th September 2004. &nbsp;After the marriage, the parties cohabited in
Accra. The Petitioner is currently resident in the United States of America,
while the 1st Respondent is resident in Ghana.&nbsp; The only issue of the marriage, is Rhoda Nana
Akua Asare, who is presently fifteen (15) years old.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Petitioner averred that the marriage celebrated
between parties has broken down beyond reconciliation, due to an alleged
bigamous relationship and subsequent marriage, between the 1st
Respondent and the 2nd Respondent.&nbsp;
He caused this Petition to issue against the Respondents, seeking the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the marriage between the Respondents is bigamous and same ought to be referred
to the Police for prosecution.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the marriage between the Respondents is null and void and cannot be recognized
in law.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
by virtue of the 2nd marriage, the 1st marriage has been
destroyed and divorce ought to be granted.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Order
for divorce.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General
Damages for loss of Consortium and Companionship from 2008 till day of Divorce.<o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Punitive
Damages for destroying the marriage and causing serious emotional pain to the
Petitioner.<o:p></o:p>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Legal
custody of the issue of the marriage.<o:p></o:p>(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the Respondent be ordered to pay costs of eh incidental to this suit.<o:p></o:p>