INTERPRETACIÓN JURISPRUDENCIAL DE LA OBLIGACIÓN ALIMENTICIA DE LOS ABUELOS

This article seeks to analyze, with a critical and eminently practical perspective, the responsibility of grandparents as subsidiary subjects of the maintenance obligation of their grandchildren, estimating that there should be a safeguard not only of the best interests of children and adolescents, but also also of older adults, both groups susceptible to vulnerability and deserving of protection by the State. For this, the concept of food, its foundation, origin and scope is studied first of all; to then review who are obligated to pay for these foods, the legal nature of the obligation of the grandparents and how it has been interpreted by our courts of justice.