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Family Law Attorneys in Santa Cruz County, California

Looking for a family law attorney near you in Santa Cruz County? Explore the county record for family law attorneys on the State Bar of California's official roll and review each profile for yourself.

A Monterey Bay county pairing the university town of Santa Cruz with the Pajaro Valley's agriculture; the main courthouse sits in Santa Cruz, with a Watsonville branch serving the south county. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

The law also keeps time: a divorce cannot be final sooner than six months after the respondent is served under 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. The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.

This page is the Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz.

County seat: Santa Cruz

Courthouse at the county seat: Santa Cruz Courthouse, 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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.santacruz.courts.ca.gov

Family Law · Santa Cruz County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Santa Cruz (25), Watsonville (10), Aptos (9) and Capitola (5).

3 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 1969 to 2024.

The employers most represented here are Jesse Ruben Law, PC (2).

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Family Law matters in Santa Cruz 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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