Family Law in Ghana case law.
38 passages under 6 sub-areas. Open a sub-area to read what the courts said, point by point.
Open in the Research toolCustomary marriage
8 passages · 3 cases
- Customary wife as a lawful wife for the purposes of distribution
- Distinguishing marriage from betrothal and concubinage
- Essentials of a valid customary marriage
- Marriage as a question of law on the facts
- Remedies where another man interferes with a customary wife
- Transfer of a customary wife to a new husband
Dissolution of marriage
9 passages · 3 cases
- Customary divorce not available to a person married under the Ordinance
- Joinder of an alleged adulterer to a divorce petition
- Mental cruelty as a ground for divorce
- Need for medical evidence of injury to health in a petition based on cruelty
- Proof of adultery
- Proof of breakdown of the marriage by the facts in section 2(1)
Marriage under the Ordinance
2 passages · 1 case
Property settlement on divorce
17 passages · 2 cases
- Considerations in fixing the share of each spouse
- Discretion under section 20 of the Matrimonial Causes Act
- Equal sharing where contributions cannot be quantified
- Meaning of property jointly acquired during marriage
- Presumption that jointly acquired property is jointly owned
- Proof of contribution to the acquisition of property
- Property acquired by one spouse for exclusive benefit
- Property settlement in a polygamous marriage
- and 3 more points
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