The event happened in Palma de Mallorca in 2006, and now Strasbourg gives the reason to the mother who wanted to put her last name to the daughter of the deceased. Women will have to pay their partner EUR 10,000 for the moral damages caused and EUR 23,853 for the judicial costs. The Court of Justice has held that the Spanish State has failed to comply with Articles 14 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

According to the ruling, the woman was the only one who had the child in 2005 and registered her name in the same place. In fact, he realized that he was pregnant when he was no longer with the man with whom he had maintained a relationship, and by notifying him, the man told him "over and over" to abort. After interrupting contact with her, she had a son, who gave her the opportunity to see the girl, but had to cut off the relationship for "psychological harassment." A year later, the man applied to the Court of Palma for recognition of the paternity of the minor. They did it like this: they put her name and then her mother's name.

The woman filed an appeal to alter the order of the surnames, which was not admitted, since at that time the consent of both parents was required; otherwise, the consent of her father was preferred. According to Strasbourg, if the judges can decide that the father’s surname should be placed first, they can also decide that the mother’s surname should be put before him. The court notes that the consequences of this discrimination are "daily" suffered by the affected woman.