Legal practitioner, Christian Lebrecht Malm-Hesse, has revealed that it is very expensive to get a divorce.
Christian Lebrecht Malm claimed that some people are unable to end their bad marriages because they lack the funds to do so.
Christian Lebrecht Malm- claims that GHC10,000 is the minimum amount needed to start the divorce process in Ghana.
The cost of divorce procedures has increased since the Ghana Bar Association announced a new scale of attorney fees.
“Ten thousand is an old price, and that’s when the situation is simple. Depending on the lawyer or legal company you go to, the fee might rise. Aside from that, the Ghana Bar Association believes incidental costs should be paid separately from the legal charge. It includes filing expenses and transportation fares for each time the lawyer comes to court
He explained to Helen Appiah-Ampofo on 3FM’s Sunrise Morning program that divorce cases are increasing in Ghana and that getting married is simple, but getting a divorce is difficult.
“Besides paying a lot of money to the lawyers for that, it is emotionally absorbing, traumatizing, and it is not easy for both the man and woman, so as lawyers we turn ourselves into pastors, counselors, and everything for either side to go through, but for some it is bitter from the beginning to the end. It’s poisonous.”
The family lawyer compared the process to removing a tree and claimed that every divorce case he has encountered is contentious.
Before being removed, it needs to be pushed and pulled to all sides to weaken the ground, he claimed.
The petition itself, he continued, is like a dagger thrust through the heart of the opposing party since it would include unpleasant details about the couple’s intimate interactions that the public shouldn’t be made aware of. Divorce proceedings are therefore conducted in chambers.
Source:Ghgossip.com
