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Family Law Attorneys in Pasadena, California

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

Pasadena is a city of roughly 138,000, and its family law matters are heard at the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Pasadena Courthouse. The Pasadena Courthouse on Walnut Street serves the San Gabriel Valley's northwest corridor, and the city is also home to Division One of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District.

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 Pasadena 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 · Los Angeles County

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

Courthouse at the county seat: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

For Pasadena: Los Angeles County Superior Court: Pasadena 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 · Pasadena roster

115 active attorneys with an address of record in Pasadena list family law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 2,222 active attorneys whose address of record is in Pasadena.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Pasadena attorneys are litigation (411), business law (394), employment (331), personal injury (268) and estate planning (213). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

2 of the 2,222 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 107 of the 2,222 active attorneys in Pasadena, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (93), Chinese (17), French (5) and Armenian (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 Pasadena. 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 Pasadena