An Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, on Friday, November 13, dismissed a petition searching for to dissolve a marriage and relationship spanning over 43 years for lack of substance.
It dominated that the shortage of love and respect between spouses is not ample grounds for the dissolution of a marriage.
The courtroom, presided over by Justice Archibong Archibong, in go well with quantity HU/4D/2023, Ernest Ekpenyonh Emah v. Grace Ernest Emah, held that the petitioner, Ernest Emah, failed to set up the details required below Sections 15(2)(c) and 16(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act to warrant the dissolution of the marriage.
The decide maintained that though the legislation gives particular grounds and situations upon which a marriage could also be dissolved, the petitioner neither pleaded the mandatory details in his petition nor offered ample proof to set up them.
He additional emphasised {that a} basic declaration {that a} marriage has damaged down irretrievably, with out proof of the legally recognised circumstances supporting such a declare, is inadequate to safe a divorce.
The courtroom additionally held that the absence of love and respect between married {couples}, standing alone, does not represent grounds extreme sufficient to justify the dissolution of their marriage below the legislation. Consequently, the courtroom dismissed the petition.
Reacting to the judgment, counsel to the respondent, Godwin Edoho, Esq., expressed satisfaction with the choice and counseled the presiding decide for delivering justice in the matter.
