The resolution (41ª) of the DGRN of December 4, 2018 and its impact on Spanish Moroccan parties contracting marriages in Spain via the consular form

Abstract

The RDGRN (41st) of December 4, 2018 takes a stance for the doctrine established by this same Directive Center, rejecting the registration of the consular marriage based in Spain of a Moroc­can spouse who is naturalized Spanish. This marriage is being null due to defect of form. This evidences one of the problems deriving from the legal-family situations that affect the foreign population who takes the Spanish nationality. There is a need of an answer to avoid the legal insecurity and the confusion that particularly Spanish-Moroccan double nationals suffer.