Spain has registered 24,404 requests for marital dissolution, both divorces and separations, in the second half of 2023, 0.1% more than in the same period of 2022, when 24,383 were registered, according to data collected by the Statistics service of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).
Thus, in the report released this week, the CGPJ reports that, in the period analysed, only the demands for non-consensual separations, which were 249, presented a significant decrease, specifically of 17.3%, compared to the previous months. April, May and June 2022. On the other hand, consensual separations, 665, increased by 3.4%; Non-consensual divorces, which totalled 9,269, increased by 1.7%; and divorces by mutual agreement, which totalled 14,208, decreased by 0.7%.
The number of annulment requests in the second quarter of 2023 was 13, which represented a decrease of 13.3% compared to those presented a year earlier.
By autonomous community, there were nine that exceeded the national average for separations and divorces, which stood at 50.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. Thus, the highest number of dissolution demands occurred in the Canary Islands, with 63.4. They were followed by the Balearic Islands, with 59.9; the Valencian Community, with 57.5; Galicia, with 56.2; Catalonia, with 54.2; Aragon, with 53.9; La Rioja, with 53.4; Castilla-La Mancha, with 52.9; and Navarra, with 51.3, territories in which in all cases the national average, which was 50.8, was exceeded.
On the contrary, the lowest rates were in Asturias, with 36.4; Cantabria, with 41.8; Castilla y León, with 42.5, and the Basque Country, with 43.8.
Finally, demands for custody, and support of non-marital children, both consensual and non-consensual, showed year-on-year increases. The consensual demands, which were 6,202, increased by 4.8% compared to those registered in the second quarter of 2022 and the non-consensual ones, in total 7,151, increased by 5.9%. The modifications of consensual measures, 3,332, decreased by 1.9% while those that were not consensual, which totalled 8,271, decreased by 2.7%.
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