ERIC KOFI AGYEI ADDO vs. SALOME ALU ALLOTEY [2022]DLSC11717

Date	2022-05-25
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/24/2022
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC11717

YEBOAH CJ (PRESIDING)

PWAMANG JSC

DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC

AMEGATCHER JSC

AMADU JSC

ANDREW DANIELS ESQ. FOR THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT.

ANDREW APAU OBENG ESQ. RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

[2022]DLSC11717
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ERIC KOFI AGYEI ADDO<o:p></o:p>(PETITIONER/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SALOME ALU ALLOTEY<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME 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;">

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/24/2022&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: 25TH MAY, 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>ANDREW DANIELS ESQ. FOR THE PETITIONER/RESPONDENT/<o:p></o:p>APPELLANT.<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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APAU OBENG ESQ. RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>YEBOAH CJ
(PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC, AMEGATCHER JSC, AMADU JSC <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;AMEGATCHER JSC:-<o:p></o:p>My Lords, this Appeal, like many of its
counterparts which have been argued before this Court, contends one of two famed
issues that arise in all matters of divorce; that is the distribution of
spousal property.<o:p></o:p>Briefly, the Petitioner/Respondent/Appellant
(hereafter referred to as “the Petitioner”) was prompted to marry the
Respondent/Appellant/Respondent (hereafter referred to as “the Respondent”) under
customary law sometime in 1997, when the Respondent became pregnant with the
couple’s first child. <o:p></o:p>Their marriage saw the birth of two children, Awo
Dede Addo and Agya Kwame Addo. Their marriage saw the construction of the
parties’ matrimonial home at A.R.S, Ogbojo, the purchase of some vehicles, as
well as the acquisition of two houses in the United Kingdom. Their marriage equally
saw the creation and rise of two businesses: Atlas Pharmacy Limited, a
pharmaceutical business and Stomet Company, a disk cutting business.<o:p></o:p>On 16th October 2012, the Petitioner
petitioned the High Court for a dissolution of his marriage to the Respondent. He
ultimately sought the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the marriage between the parties be dissolved.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the Respondent be granted custody of the children of the marriage
until each of them is 18 years old, access being granted to the Appellant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;