ISAAC TEYE AGOR vs GIFTY DEDE TETTEH

The Petitioner filed the instant Petition on 3rd November, 2021 praying for the relief below:

a) That the marriage between the parties be dissolved.

The parties married under the Marriage Ordinance (CAP 127) on 5th August, 2017 at Christ Apostolic Church, Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana and thereafter cohabited at Mayera, Pokuase in Accra.

Parties are both citizens of Ghana and are domiciled in Ghana. The Petitioner works with the Ghana Revenue Authority whilst the Respondent works with the Ghana Education Service. There are two issues of the marriage namely Yvette Dede-Barkey Agor (31/2) and Heidi Korkor Agor (11/2). There has been no previous proceedings in any court regarding the marriage.

PETITIONER’S CASE

Petitioner avers that Respondent behaved unreasonably and abused him emotionally and physically before Respondent moved out of the matrimonial home even though he treated her with respect and even sponsored her education. That Respondent never supported him in anything and rather made outrageous demands from him and behaved unreasonably and that has caused him much anxiety, pain and distress.

Petitioner avers also that the Respondent has demonstrated on several occasions that she is no longer interested in the marriage and that the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation and he cannot be expected to live with Respondent as man and wife.

RESPONDENT’S CASE

Respondent in her Answer and Cross Petition denied any unreasonable behavior as alleged and stated that she has done all that is expected of a wife in a marriage and has remained committed to the marriage. That the Petitioner deprived her of her conjugal rights and she has had to beg Petitioner to have sex with her and after she got pregnant with the last issue, the Petitioner refused to have sex with her and moved out of the matrimonial bed.

It is the case of Respondent that Petitioner verbally assaults her and on one occasion when she went to pick the first child to put her to sleep around 9pm, the Petitioner was not happy and physically assaulted her and that she sustained serious injuries to her face and body. She eventually left the matrimonial home after continuous assault, harassment and threat of harm by the Petitioner and that the Petitioner refused or neglected to visit his father-in-law when he was sick and when he eventually died, the Petitioner was lukewarm during the period of bereavement.

Respondent cross-petitioned for the following re