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Family Law Attorneys in Davis, California

Counsel for divorce, custody, support, and the agreements that hold families steady. In Davis, that work runs through Yolo County's courts. This directory presents family law records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

Davis matters are heard at Yolo County Superior Court in Woodland, about ten miles north; the UC Davis campus, including its law school, gives the university town an outsized share of landlord–tenant, employment, and immigration questions. For family law cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Yolo County Superior Court, Woodland · which is why counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

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 Davis chapter of the registry's statewide record · Family Law Attorneys in California collects every county and city.

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 · Yolo County

Superior Court of California, County of Yolo.

Courthouse: Yolo Superior Court, 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695

For Davis: Yolo County Superior Court, Woodland.

Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.

Family Law · Davis roster

18 active attorneys with an address of record in Davis list family law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 263 active attorneys whose address of record is in Davis.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Davis attorneys are business law (44), employment (31), litigation (29), estate planning (21) and real estate (19). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

None of the 263 has yet claimed and verified their record here; every listing is the official record as published.

For 1 of the 263 active attorneys in Davis, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (1), French (1), Hindi (1) and Portuguese (1). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.

Reading the roster in Davis. In a family matter you will likely work with your attorney for months, so weigh responsiveness and temperament alongside experience in the county's family law departments, local practice on disclosures, mediation, and settlement conferences varies by court. Ask how the attorney bills (family law is typically hourly with a retainer), how they approach settlement versus litigation, and who in the office handles day-to-day filings.

Address of record in Davis