Why pulling a Hakimi might not be the smartest thing to do in Ghana – Lawyers explain

In Ghana, it is not permissible to hide assets from a spouse during a divorce in order to avoid sharing them.

A European footballer, Achraf Hakimi, who transferred his wealth into his mother's name to prevent his wife, Hiba Abouk, from receiving any of it, may have received some praise on social media, but this tactic is not recognized under Ghanaian law.

According to Rendorf Twuamsi Ankrah, a legal practitioner and partner at Morrison, Twumasi and Partners, any property acquired during a marriage is presumed to be jointly acquired, and therefore, any action taken regarding said property must have the explicit consent of the other spouse.

He stated on JoyNews that, Now in law we have what we call trust and we also have what we call tracing.

So if in the course of the marriage, and don't forget, as we've both said, the law presumes that property acquired in the course of the marriage is property acquired jointly and the new Land Act puts an obstacle in your way that even if you want to use matrimonial property to secure a loan or for whatever it is, you need the consent of the other person and you can't even register it in your sole name without the consent of the other party.
So clearly the position of the law is now well established.

Even if property is acquired in the name of a friend, family member, or corporate entity, it can still be declared joint property and equitably distributed. Protecting one's right to solely own property acquired during a marriage requires honesty and transparency with one's spouse.

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