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Family Law Attorneys in Modoc County, California

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

California's remote northeastern corner, a high-plateau ranching county bordering Oregon and Nevada; the courthouse in Alturas serves one of the smallest populations of any county in the state. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Modoc · 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 Modoc 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 Modoc.

County seat: Alturas

Courthouse: Modoc Superior Court, 205 S East Street, Alturas, CA 96101

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.modoc.courts.ca.gov

Family Law · Modoc County roster

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

Admission years on this roster run from 1995 to 2009.

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Family Law counsel in the counties bordering Modoc County

2 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list family law among their practice areas with an active licence and an address of record in Modoc County.

The counties that share a border with Modoc County hold 36 attorneys with family law among their practice areas, counted by the county of their address of record:

Family Law matters in Modoc 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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