I bought a piece of land before getting married. I registered it in my name and even started building on it before getting married. But upon marriage, my husband and I agreed that rent would not help us so he helped me to finish the building and we all moved in to live as husband and wife. Now our marriage is on the rocks, and we are getting a divorce. Why should the man who has treated me so badly get a share of this house which is registered in my personal name and not our joint names. Does it not belong to me alone? Can such a property be classified as a marital property? The above scenario and many more are questions that disturb the peace of many people about divorce. The question of “marital property” and how it should be shared. The Law in Ghana on distribution of marital property is very simple and complex at the same time. The law says EQUALITY IS EQUITY . The properties of the couple must be shared in such a way that every person would be equally and adequately catered for.

  The Law in Ghana recognizes three types of marriages. These are the Mohammedans Marriage , the Customary Marriage and the Ordinance marriage . Each of these three types of marriages have their own characteristics and features. They all create certain rights and obligations within the marriage and they also have their own unique legal procedures to follow in order to make them valid.   In order to make this reader friendly, the three types of marriages shall be explained in three separate write ups. Feel free to subscribe or follow this blog so that you get notified as soon as the next article is uploaded.   Let me warn that this article does not pretend to give all the features, rights, responsibilities and procedures on all these kinds of marriage as same cannot be contained and still make it reader friendly for the general public. You are however assured that this article will contain key general understanding of the legal status of marriages in Ghana.     We shall b