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Spain’s Marital Breakups Fall in Q3 2025 as Contentious Cases Collapse

CGPJ data highlight a shift toward mutual‑agreement divorces.

Overview

  • Courts logged 16,444 separations, divorces and annulments from July to September, a 14.9% year‑on‑year drop, according to the CGPJ.
  • Non‑consensual filings drove the fall, with divorces down 40.8% to 4,417 and separations down 21% to 147, while consensual divorces rose 2.2% to 11,437.
  • Spain’s dissolution rate stood at 33.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, with Madrid below average at 31.5 and the highest rates in the Canaries and Balearic Islands at 41.9.
  • Murcia remained among the highest‑rate regions at 37 per 100,000, recording 581 cases (−8.2%) as consensual divorces jumped 34.3% to 423 and non‑consensual divorces fell 53.6% to 137.
  • Related family‑measure requests showed the same split: consensual modifications rose 5.1% to 2,734 nationwide as non‑consensual modifications fell 44.1% to 4,681, with Murcia mirroring the trend.