Johnson, Casinca Theresa v Norman Augustus Johnson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDIC'A TURE OF JAMAICA

CLAIM NO. HCV 01 74 OF 2003

CONSOLIDATED WITH CLAIM NO.HCV 1169 OF 2003.

BETWEEN CASINCA THERESA JOHNSON CLAIMANT

A N D NORMAN AUGUSTUS JOHNSON DEFENDANT I I

AND ~

A N D NORMAN A UGUSTUS JOHNSON CLAIMANT 1

A N D CASINCA THERESA JOHNSON

Heard: July 7,2004; February 2, March 10,

April 10 dc May 26,2006 and April 18,2007

Appearances

Miss Gillian Mullings instructed by Patrick Bailey and Company for the claimant.

Mrs. Sharon Usin instructed by Sharon A. Usin and Company for the defendant.

Williams, J.

When Casinca Muchette and Norman Johnson got married in 1998 they had been

together for thirteen (13) years. The marriage itself did not last half as long, they were

divorced in 2002.

They met in 1985 when she was married but separated from Paul Muchette with

whom she had three (3) children. She was a businesswoman who operated a fishing