The RegistrySacramento Valley · California

Family Law Attorneys in Sacramento, California

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

As the state capital, Sacramento's bar runs deep in government, regulatory, and writ practice; the Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse hears the county's civil docket, and the Third District Court of Appeal and Eastern District of California sit downtown. For family law cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Sacramento County Superior Court: Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse · 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 Sacramento 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 · Sacramento County

Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento.

Main courthouse: Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Sacramento County Courthouse, 500 G St., Sacramento, CA 95814

For Sacramento: Sacramento County Superior Court: Gordon D. Schaber 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 · Sacramento roster

278 active attorneys with an address of record in Sacramento list family law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 7,854 active attorneys whose address of record is in Sacramento.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Sacramento attorneys are litigation (1,111), employment (1,000), business law (966), criminal defense (690) and real estate (600). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

8 of the 7,854 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 446 of the 7,854 active attorneys in Sacramento, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (252), Punjabi (85), Armenian (56) and Persian (55). 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 Sacramento. 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 Sacramento