Events in the Family Court, Accra took an interesting turn on Tuesday, the 2nd day of June, 2026 during the hearing of the motion for maintenance orders pending appeal in the famous Joana vrs. Richard Quaye divorce battle.

In support of the prayer for orders preventing the girlfriend of the Respondent, Mona Faiz Montrage alias Hajia4reall, an ex-convict, from having access to the issues of the marriage, and limiting the access periods of the Respondent-ex-husband to the issues of the marriage, the petitioner attached videographic evidence of explicit and morally reprehensible videos of Hajia4reall to her motion.

Per the filed motion offering further grounds of the need for the Court to prevent access by Hajia4reall to the children of the marriage, the petitioner submits evidence of the incarceration of Hajia4real, and suggests to the Court the hazard she poses to her children who owing to her teachings and lifestyle have taken to an unguided social media life.

On the claims of moral threats and exposure to morally depraved acts to the development of the children of Mad Joana Quaye who are aged 11 and 14 years, the motion of the Applicant contained videos of one of the children of the parties twerking for a boy in the trasaaco residence of the parties which incident per filed processes, was drawn to the attention of the Respondent who admitted to the inappropriateness of the child’s conduct.

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According to the motion of the Applicant and arguments erected on same, the constant unavailability of the Respondent during the fortnight visits of the children to the Respondent leaves the children at the mercy of the immoral acts of Hajia4reall who together with her child, now stays with the Respondent.

Richard Nii Armah Quaye opposes

The Respondent through Counsel, the intelligent Nana Boakye Mensah-Bonsu parried the prayers sought from the Court by the Petitioner/Applicant relying on the video graphic evidence which implicates the girlfriend of the Respondent, a third party to the matter.

Per the arguments submitted in his usual eloquence to the Court, Nana Boakye Mensah-Bonsu argued that the motion of the Petitioner/Applicant required orders that shall affect Hajia4real, a third party, yet, she has not being heard in the matter and therefore, a grant of the prayers without such hearing shall be injurious to the natural justice rights of Hajia4reall.

Mr. Quaye through his lawyers argued that, the prayers sought cannot be granted by the Court. Counsel for the Respondent, buttressed his argument with legal authority which authority the calm and collected Presiding Judge questioned its applicability to the matter before the Court. But Mr. Mensah-Bonsu supplied satisfactory answers on the applicability of his authorities to the motion before the Court.

Counsel for the Respondent, Mr. Richard Nii Armah Quaye, directed his opposition to the motion to the jurisdiction of the Court. To vehement disagreement from Mr. Dame, Counsel for the Respondent-Business man argued that the Court lacks jurisdiction to grant orders post judgment. On jurisdiction, Mr. Dame upon his reply to the arguments of Mr. Mensah-Bonsu on grounds of law argued that Order 65 rule 23(3) and (4) of C.I 47 and the Matrimonial Causes Act ground the jurisdiction of the Court for orders post judgment. Mr. Dame intimated to the Court that they are not averse to Hajia4real being served with the motion and offering a response to same if that was the pleasure of Mr. Richard Nii Armah Quaye, the Respondent.

On the video evidence before the Court, Lawyers for the Respondent suggested to the Court that their arguments are reserved pending a watch party by the Court.

Court needs to watch video

After lengthy and forceful arguments by lawyers for both parties, the learned Godfred Yeboah Dame with Richard Gyembiby for Petitioner and the young but experienced Nana Boakye Mensah-Bonsu who had the company of Sean Poku appearing for Respondent, the Court informed parties of the need for the Court to watch the video graphic evidence against Hajia4reall and that of the issues of the marriage of the parties submitted to the Court.

The Court thus adjourned to the 26th day of June, 2026 to watch the video and take further arguments if any and also hear the motion for injunction filed by the Petitioner.

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