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Family Law Attorneys in Contra Costa County, California

Counsel for divorce, custody, support, and the agreements that hold families steady. In Contra Costa County, that work runs through the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa. This directory presents family law records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

An East Bay county of more than a million residents stretching from the Carquinez Strait refineries to the Highway 4 and 680 suburbs; the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse in Martinez anchors its civil calendars. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

The law also keeps time: a divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served under 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. The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.

This page is the Contra Costa County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Family Law Lawyers 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 Contra Costa.

County seat: Martinez

Main courthouse: Wakefield Taylor Courthouse, 725 Court Street, Martinez, CA 94553

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: contracosta.courts.ca.gov

Family Law · Contra Costa County roster

302 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list family law among their practice areas with an address of record in Contra Costa County.

278 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Walnut Creek (119), Danville (28), Martinez (28) and San Ramon (24).

58 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 10, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1955 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Candelaria LLP (6), Doyle Quane (6) and Bednarczyk & Valerio, LLP (5).

The full Contra Costa County roster · 278 attorneys with an active license and a family law practice area: is listed by surname in the 1 sections below.

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Family Law matters in Contra Costa 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

From the answer files

How is property divided in a California divorce?Cal. Fam. Code § 2550How long does a divorce take in California?Cal. Fam. Code § 2339How is child support calculated in California?Cal. Fam. Code § 4055

Every family law attorney in Contra Costa County, by surname

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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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