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Contentious Filings Plunge as Spain’s Divorce Caseload Falls, CGPJ Says

CGPJ figures point to a pivot toward negotiated breakups that is easing family-court litigation.

Overview

  • Courts logged 16,444 dissolutions in the third quarter of 2025, a 14.9% year-on-year decline.
  • Non-consensual divorces fell to 4,417, down about 40.8% from a year earlier and the lowest level reported since 2017.
  • Consensual divorces rose 2.2% to 11,437, while consensual separations fell 8.9% to 432 and annulments numbered 11.
  • Per-capita rates varied: Canarias and Baleares led with 41.9 per 100,000, Comunidad Valenciana reached 39.5, and Murcia ranked fourth at 37 against a 33.8 national average.
  • Madrid registered a lower-than-average rate at 31.5 per 100,000 as País Vasco and Castilla y León were lowest, and modification-of-measures filings showed the same pattern with consensual requests up 5.1% to 2,734 and non-consensual down 44.1% to 4,681.