The hearing of the minor in marriage crisis proceeding is differently considered in the Spanish Civil Code and in the Spanish Procedural Law. The first one, characterizes it as a right of the minor and as a legal authority of the judge. The Procedural Law considers it as a duty of the judge when the minor is younger than twelve. This apparent contradiction is solved by the Supreme Court in a Judgment of 20th October 2014, appealing to the Organic Law on Minor Legal Protection and the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20th November 1989.... [Leer más...]