The Madrid Regional Court confirmed the grandparents’ right to do so Visiting his three grandchildren After several years of family dispute with the parents of the minors. The ruling, issued on July 28, 2025, establishes a gradual and controlled visitation system, and rejects the objections of parents who claimed that the grandparents did not meet the appropriate conditions to deal with the children.
Under the decision, grandparents will be able to visit their grandchildren Starting from three hours per month At a family meeting point under professional supervision. During the first two years, the frequency and conditions of meetings will be gradually expanded, until full-day visits on alternate weekends are reached without the need for supervision. The system now also includes the youngest grandchild, aged two, whom the grandparents have not yet had the opportunity to meet in person.
The origin of the family feud goes back to 2010, when the parents went through a breakup as a couple, although they resumed cohabitation in 2013. Years later, the birth of the first grandchild, in 2020, coincided with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, delaying the premieres. During this initial period, grandparents They were intermittently involved in the care of the young child.
However, cohabitation deteriorated due to economic disputes related to the purchase and sale of the family home. The parents began residing in a property owned by a real estate company They belong to the ancestorsAnd benefit from that use and from the work for which it pays.
Later, the father wanted to buy a plot of land to build a house, and in order to pay for it, he sold the house in which the couple initially lived at costs paid. But the purchase price he offered was less than the purchase price plus taxes and renovation work, according to the grandfather. Since then, the conflict has escalated: in January 2022, the grandparents announced that they would stop covering expenses and asked for the property to be returned. From that moment, according to the record, the personal relationship was completely broken off. Meetings between grandparents, grandchildren, and great-grandparents have stopped They did not even recognize a third of the minors, Born in 2023.
The family standoff led to new criminal complaints and civil lawsuits. The parents filed a lawsuit against the grandfather Break and enter When he went to supervise some work, despite the complaint being rejected. For their part, the grandparents later filed a lawsuit for disinheritance, but it was also recently rejected, when the court found that there was no sufficient reason for the insult.
The legal journey of this lawsuit has been extensive. The initial application to establish a visitation system was partially upheld in December 2023 by Court of First Instance No. 8 of Mostoles. Following the parents’ appeal, the Madrid Court fully affirmed the ruling and ruled that the regime would commence from and including the date of the new ruling Expressly for the youngest grandchildren In the first stage of visits.
The court stressed that the best interests of minors must prevail over conflict between adults. The psychological and social reports included in the file indicate the stability of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren It hardly developed due to parental oppositionWhich prevented meetings even after the first sentence. As a complementary measure, the ruling imposes an obligation on both parties to initiate a family mediation process with the aim of reducing hostility and protecting the emotional integrity of the minors. The parents were ordered to pay the costs of the appeal, in light of the obstructive maneuvers verified during the evidentiary stage.
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