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Family Law Attorneys in Fresno, California

Searching for a family law attorney in Fresno? Counsel for divorce, custody, support, and the agreements that hold families steady. This page indexes Fresno's family law coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

Fresno is the legal center of the San Joaquin Valley: the B.F. Sisk Courthouse carries one of the state's heavier per-judge caseloads, the Fifth District Court of Appeal sits downtown, and agricultural employment and immigration practice run deep. For family law cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Fresno County Superior Court: B.F. Sisk Courthouse · which is why counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

One date controls everything that follows: a divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served, per 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. Read the record below with that clock in mind.

This page is the Fresno 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 · Fresno County

Superior Court of California, County of Fresno.

Main courthouse: Fresno Superior Courthouse Downtown Location, 1100 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, CA 93724

For Fresno: Fresno County Superior Court: B.F. Sisk Courthouse.

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 · Fresno roster

113 active attorneys with an address of record in Fresno list family law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 1,790 active attorneys whose address of record is in Fresno.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Fresno attorneys are criminal defense (340), litigation (257), business law (254), employment (214) and real estate (179). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

None of the 1,790 has yet claimed and verified their record here; every listing is the official record as published.

For 117 of the 1,790 active attorneys in Fresno, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (107), Punjabi (51), Persian (14) and Russian (5). 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 Fresno. 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 Fresno