https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A couple have vowed to take their fight to the European court of human rights after they were forced to give up custody of a boy who had been in their care for three years. https://www.thelocal.es/20160913/spain-couple-forced-to-return-adopted-son-to-birth-mother Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:52:32 +0200 spain-couple-forced-to-return-adopted-son-to-birth-mother A Spanish-American same-sex couple have said their lives have been "destroyed" by a 14-month legal war with a Thai surrogate over their infant daughter. https://www.thelocal.es/20160330/gay-couples-lives-destroyed-by-custody-war-with-thai-surrogate-spain Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:06:31 +0200 gay-couples-lives-destroyed-by-custody-war-with-thai-surrogate-spain Russia's controversial ban on same-sex marriage adoptions has thwarted proceedings for 128 Spanish families who already had children assigned to them. https://www.thelocal.es/20130919/putins-gay-adoption-ban-punishes-spanish-families Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:50:00 +0200 putins-gay-adoption-ban-punishes-spanish-families Fifty Spanish families who adopted Moroccan babies a year and a half ago are not being allowed to take the children back home with them to Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130726/spanish-mums-trapped-by-moroccan-baby-ban Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:05:00 +0200 spanish-mums-trapped-by-moroccan-baby-ban Same-sex couples in Gibraltar will be able to adopt children after the territory's Supreme Court issued a ruling on the issue on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130411/gibraltar-gives-green-lights-to-gay-adoptions Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:51:00 +0200 gibraltar-gives-green-lights-to-gay-adoptions