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Custody, parentage and family relationships

Grandparent contact requires its own reasoned arrangement

Constitutional Court · STC 138/2014
· Note published and reviewed: 2026-10-27

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The Constitutional Court set aside contact arrangements that generically transferred a non-resident parent’s schedule to grandparents. Recognising the relationship did not remove the need to explain an appropriate scope and structure for those children.

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Constitutional Court · STC 138/2014 · 2014-09-08

This is an original explanatory note. The cited material is full judgment published in the boe. Where a summary or study is cited, this note does not claim a full-text review of the judgment.

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General information on Spanish law. Application depends on the facts, applicable legislation and subsequent developments. English text is explanatory, not an official translation.

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