The wife Petitioner who seeks the dissolution of the marriage celebrated between herself and the Respondent prays per the following reliefs:
1. The marriage celebrated on 8th November 1997 at the Presbyterian Church, Sunyani be dissolved.
2. The Respondent be ordered to pay cost for this suit.
3. An order directed at the Respondent to refund the sum of three Thousand US dollars in addition to the sum of five hundred Ghana cedis to the petitioner 4. Maintenance of the child of the marriage and payment of the child’s school fees 5. Any other order(s) that this Honourable Court may deem fit.
The Respondent on the other hand prays for the following reliefs: 1. The marriage between the parties be dissolved.
2. An order that the Respondent be allowed access to the issue of the marriage.
3. A declaration that the Respondent does not owe the Petitioner two thousand United States Dollars (US$2, 000) in addition to the sum of five hundred Ghana cedis (GHC500). 4. The Petitioner be ordered to return all the items listed in Paragraphs 10(c) supra 5. An order that each party bears their own litigation expenses and legal fees in this suit 6. Any other order that this Honourable court may deem fit.
The Petitioner who testified on oath says that one day the Respondent who returned from a trip abroad without any notification to her moved to the guest room from the bedroom they shared and insulted her throughout the night.
It is her testimony that he accused her of sleeping with certain personalities, stealing his car and house documents, that he stopped her from cooking for him and that he fought with her and tore off her clothes.
Furthermore, she says he branded her relatives witches and forbade them from coming to the matrimonial home and that when attempts at settlement failed she moved out of the matrimonial home on 26th June 2007. She denies collecting the Respondent’s documents, personal items and souvenirs.
She does not object to the Respondent having access to the child, each party bearing its own cost and forgoing the money that he owes her.
According to her, her contribution towards the construction of the matrimonial home was three thousand dollars (S3, 000. 00) used for the purchase of sanitary ware.
In a bid to reach terms of settlement there was no more cross examination and the Petitioner closed her case.
The Respondent denies all her allegations in his answer except for the fact that she left the matrimonial home on 27th June, 2006 when he
