Elizabeth C. Sears
Family Law · Markleeville · Alpine County
Bar #250450 · Admitted 2007
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Family Law Lawyers in Alpine County, California
Every family law attorney and family lawyer listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to family law matters arising in Alpine County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.
Venue matters. Family law cases from Alpine County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of Alpine. A high-Sierra county along the Nevada line with no incorporated cities and the smallest population of any California county; the courthouse sits in Markleeville.
Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · a divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served (Cal. Fam. Code § 2339). Residency first: six months in California and three months in the filing county (Cal. Fam. Code § 2320). Custody, support, and property orders can issue while the six-month clock runs.
This page is the Alpine County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Family Law Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.
The clock & the court
Statute of limitations
A divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served.
Cal. Fam. Code § 2339
Residency first: six months in California and three months in the filing county (Cal. Fam. Code § 2320). Custody, support, and property orders can issue while the six-month clock runs.
Court of record
Superior Court of California, County of Alpine.
County seat: Markleeville
Courthouse: Alpine County Superior Court, 14777 CA-89, Markleeville, CA 96120
Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).
Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.alpine.courts.ca.gov
Family Law · Alpine County roster
1 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list family law among their practice areas with an address of record in Alpine County.
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Family Law counsel in the counties bordering Alpine County
1 attorney on the official State Bar of California roll lists family law among their practice areas with an active licence and an address of record in Alpine County.
The counties that share a border with Alpine County hold 77 attorneys with family law among their practice areas, counted by the county of their address of record:
- Family Law in El Dorado County · 44 attorneys
- Family Law in Tuolumne County · 12 attorneys
- Family Law in Amador County · 11 attorneys
- Family Law in Calaveras County · 7 attorneys
- Family Law in Mono County · 3 attorneys
Family Law matters in Alpine County
The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.
- divorce and legal separation
- child custody and visitation
- child support
- spousal support
- community property division
- prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
- paternity
- domestic violence restraining orders
- move-away requests
- adoption and guardianship
- modification and enforcement of orders
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Source: Cal. Fam. Code § 2339 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.
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