“It is gender neutral, so both man and woman can enjoy and should enjoy from jointly acquired property upon dissolution of the marriage. There must be an equitable distribution – and when you say equitable distribution the courts have used the words historically as fair play, commonsense, when it comes to the equitable distribution. So on a case by case basis, both parties can enjoy marital assets,” she said.
Legal practitioner and partner at Morrison, Twumasi and Partners, Rendorf Twuamsi Ankrah, has said that property acquired by individuals before they tie the knot is not up for distribution when there is a divorce.
Private Legal Practitioner, Albert Gyamfi, says Ghana’s laws prohibits beneficiaries mentioned in a will or otherwise from interfering, using or administering the property of the deceased till it has been distributed by an executor or administrator.
Mrs Mariam Agyeman Gyasi Jawhary, a Private Legal Practitioner, has advised Ghanaians to continuously promote religious tolerance for national development. She said religious tolerance was expressed by the acceptance of religious pluralism, which gave legitimacy to the existence of religious differences in society. Mrs Jawhary said this at the Ahmadiyya…