DORA ANTWI v. JEFF BINEY

Magistrate Ayagiba Salifu Bugri, sitting in a Ghanaian Magistrate Court, resolved a matrimonial matter involving parents of two children. Finding the marriage irretrievably broken, the court dissolved the union and directed issuance of a divorce certificate. Addressing custody, the court noted the father did not contest granting custody to the mother, though he cautioned custody should persist only if she remained unmarried because he would not tolerate another man caring for his children. The court restrained the father from causing unlawful harm to the mother despite no evidence of alleged threats. It assigned responsibilities: the father must maintain the children, pay school fees, and renew National Health Insurance Authority cards; the mother must provide clothing, footwear, and accommodation. The orders are subject to variation, and the dissolution was grounded in Order 32 rule 1 of C.I. 59 (2009) and section 41(2) of the Matrimonial Causes Act (Act 367).