No pastor has the right to dissolve marriages – Lawyer

Private legal practitioner, Kwabena Buabeng Mensah, says no pastor has the right to dissolve marriages, no matter the type of marriages they may be.
According to him, the laws of Ghana do not allow for any of the three types of marriages, be it customary, ordinance or Muslim, to be dissolved by a pastor.
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The lawyer who made the comments on Adom TV’s legal show, Me wo case anaa, with host Afia Pokuwaa said even in the case of customary marriages, only the families from the two sides can come together to dissolve a marriage.
He added that marriage under ordinance can only be dissolved in the courts and not by a pastor, further warning that pastors must stay away from the dissolution of marriages because it breaks the law.
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Meanwhile, a Principal State Attorney at the Registrar General’s Department, Mr. Oladele Kwaku Aribike, says that when you marry under customary law and you want to marry another wife under ordinance, the court will not recognize the marriage under ordinance unless you dissolve the customary marriage.
He advised both men and women to go to court whenever they are facing any challenges in their marriages for better dissolution.