Overview
- - The regional court recognized moral damage and awarded indemnities to a father and his two sons for the prolonged separation from the father's minor daughter placed in pre-adoptive care.
- - Media reports differ on the sums set by the ruling, citing either €200,000 for the father and €100,000 for each son or €150,000 for the father and €75,000 for each son, with legal interest accruing from the administrative claim date.
- - The decision is not final and may be appealed by cassation to Spain's Supreme Court.
- - The case stems from a 2012 protection order and a 2013 acquittal after which authorities failed to implement measures to rebuild contact, while the daughter remained in pre-adoptive placement as the sons returned to their father.
- - The court relied on a 2019 European Court of Human Rights finding that Spain violated Article 8 and on a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that rescinded authorizations for the girl's pre-adoptive placement, and it limited compensation to moral damages rather than the €1.76 million sought.