The legal framework for the child protection under Spanish regulation

Abstract

The current article aims to explain the different protective measures for minors immersed in social and familial conflict situations regulated by the Spanish regulation after the legislative reform carried out in 2015. Public administrative organisms assume competencies in this matter by authorising the taking of different measures depending on the specific circumstances of each case. Undoubtedly, it can be confirmed that the current legal framework has achieved the integrated protection of those children and youngsters whose parents or tutors do not meet, or do so faultily, the duties associated with parental custody. However, its application in practice has also shown the problems and deficiencies this normative framework suffers from. In this study, it will be presented the legal system in the protection of children as regulated in the state law as well as a critical opinion on it to be conducted afterwards.