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Family Law Attorneys in Merced County, California

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

A San Joaquin Valley county where dairy and row-crop agriculture anchor the economy and UC Merced, opened in 2005, is the University of California's newest campus; the courthouse sits in the city of Merced. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Merced · 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 Merced 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 Merced.

County seat: Merced

Main courthouse: Ogletree Jr. Courthouse, 2260 N Street, Merced, CA 95340

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.merced.courts.ca.gov

Family Law · Merced County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Merced (16), Gustine (1) and Los Banos (1).

2 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.

Admission years on this roster run from 1964 to 2014.

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Family Law matters in Merced 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

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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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