The present work has as its objective to state the most significant changes that the practiceof law has been experimenting in the 21st century as well as to discuss its challengesin a globalized society in constant evolution. In the last years, Spanish legal ordainmenthas experienced various reforms with the purpose of responding to needs posed in thepractice of law now-a-days. Following, the author will cover all of these aspects.

Article 39.1 in the Spanish Constitution of 1978 entrusts public authorities with themission to ensure the social, economic and legal protection of the family. Within thisconstitutional framework, the Spanish government approved the Comprehensive Planto Support the Family (2015-2017) on the 14th May 2015. This plan is structuredalong seven strategic lines, the first of which is the socio-economic protection of thefamily. One of its specific measures consists of studying the improvement of benefitsfor dependent children or minors in foster care.The allowance for a dependent child or foster child is a family benefit under theSpanish Social Security System. It is non-contributory [Article 86.2.b Royal LegislativeDecree No 1/1994] and therefore doesn’t require a beneficiary to pay social securitycontributions as it is sustained by general taxation. Currently Article 181.a of the RoyalLegis...