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Family Law Lawyers in Santa Ana, California

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

Santa Ana is a city of roughly 310,000, and its family law matters are heard at the Orange County Superior Court: Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Santa Ana is Orange County's seat and its legal core: the Central Justice Center, the Civil Complex Center, the federal courthouse for the Central District's Southern Division, and the Fourth District Court of Appeal all sit within its civic center.

Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Fam. Code § 2339, the governing period is a divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served. 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 Santa Ana chapter of the registry's statewide record · Family Law Lawyers 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 · Orange County

Superior Court of California, County of Orange.

Courthouse at the county seat: Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701

For Santa Ana: Orange County Superior Court: Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.

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 · Santa Ana roster

87 active attorneys with an address of record in Santa Ana list family law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 2,020 active attorneys whose address of record is in Santa Ana.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Santa Ana attorneys are criminal defense (501), personal injury (241), litigation (232), business law (205) and workers' compensation (150). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

5 of the 2,020 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 87 of the 2,020 active attorneys in Santa Ana, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (81), Persian (9), Armenian (7) and Arabic (3). 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 Santa Ana. 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 Santa Ana