LAWRENCIA ADJOWA NHYIRA OBENG VS ISAAC MOHAMMED NEWTON
December 12, 2022
HIGH COURT
GHANA
CORAM
- HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE CYNTHIA WIREDU (MRS.)
Areas of Law
- Family Law
- Civil Procedure
December 12, 2022
HIGH COURT
GHANA
CORAM
AI Generated Summary
Sitting as a Justice of the High Court, Her Ladyship Justice Cynthia Wiredu (Mrs.) resolved a matrimonial suit concerning an Ordinance marriage celebrated on 3 November 2012, identified by licence number AMA/8945/2012. After considering the petition, the answer, and the cross-petition, and evaluating the available evidence, the court found the marriage had broken down beyond reconciliation and dissolved it. The court cancelled the marriage certificate. Crucially, the parties had filed Terms of Settlement on 28 November 2022, which the court adopted as part of the final judgment, binding the parties and operating as a consent judgment that finally and effectually settled all claims and discharged any further obligations between them. The court made no order as to costs, directing that each party bear his own cost.
I have considered the petition as well as the answer to the petition and cross petition. I have evaluated the available evidence on record and I am of the opinion that the marriage between the parties has broken down beyond reconciliation and same is hereby dissolved.
The marriage certificate with licence number AMA/8945/2012 is hereby cancelled.
The Terms of Settlement filed on the 28-11-2022 is hereby adopted as part of the final judgment of this court and parties are bound by it. The terms are as follows:
I. That their Ordinance marriage had and celebrated between the Petitioner and Respondent contracted on 3rd November, 2012 be dissolved.
II. That there be no order as to cost
III. That the Parties herein have agreed that the above Terms of Settlement shall be the final and effectual settlement of all claims in this suit and either party is discharged from any other obligation towards the other party and shall be adopted as Consent Judgment between them.
Each party is to bear his own cost.
[SGD.]
H.L. JUSTICE CYNTHIA WIREDU (MRS.)
(JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT)