What happens to the family home? Can a spouse claim part of a business? Does the wife automatically get half of the husband’s property? What happens to the children? Can one spouse sell the property before the divorce is completed? These questions can sometimes be more difficult than the divorce itself. Under Ghanaian law, the rights of spouses upon divorce are governed principally by the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367), the 1992 Constitution, and decisions of the Ghanaian courts.