This note examines the meaning of family, family law, and the scope of family law.
This note will briefly outline the sources of family law in Ghana. The sources to be outlined are the Constitution, 1992; the Marriages Act, 1884-1985 Cap. 127; the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367); and the Children’s Act, 1998 (Act 560).
This note will discuss the meaning of marriage, its recognition as a special contract, and highlight the types of marriages recognised under Ghanaian law.
This note will discuss when there is a breach of promise to marry, types of breach of promise to marry, the remedy available to a man or woman when there is a breach of promise to marry, what a party must prove to succeed in an action for breach of promise to marry, and the defences available to the party in breach.
This note will discuss the meaning of customary law marriage, the key requirements for a valid customary law marriage, the forms of customary law marriage, and its key characteristics.
This note will discuss the provisions under the Marriages Act, 1884-1985 CAP. 127 regarding the registration of customary marriages.
This note examines the dissolution of customary marriage in Ghana. It will cover who can initiate the process, the grounds for dissolution, and the procedures involved.
This note will discuss the meaning of a Mohammedan marriage, the essentials of a valid Mohammedan marriage, its various forms, and its key characteristics, and how they differ from customary marriage. In a subsequent note, we will discuss the registration and dissolution of a Mohammedan marriage.
In a previous note, we provided an overview of a Mohammedan marriage. In this note, we will discuss the statutory requirements for registering a Mohammedan marriage, the method of registration, and the consequences of non-registration.
In a previous note, we discussed the registration of a Mohammedan marriage under Sections 23 and 24 of the Marriages Act, 1884-1985 (CAP. 127). This note briefly discusses the statutory requirement for registering a Mohammedan divorce and the effect of non-registration.
This note examines the dissolution of a Mohammedan marriage in Ghana. It will briefly discuss the Islamic view of divorce, who may initiate it, when it may be initiated, and its effects.