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Domicile and Divorce: Abu-Jaudeh Case by zazeeberry7 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes a 1972 court case, Abu-Jaudeh v Abu Jaudeh, regarding whether a Lebanese man living in Ghana for 23 years had acquired a domicile in Ghana, which would give the Ghanaian court jurisdiction to hear his petition for divorce. The judge ruled that long residence alone is not enough to establish domicile, and that the plaintiff had not proven his animus manendi, or fixed and settled intention to make Ghana his permanent home. While the plaintiff presented some evidence of ties to Ghana,
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