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Family Law Lawyers in Ventura County, California

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

Between Los Angeles and the Central Coast; the county Hall of Justice in Ventura hears matters for Oxnard, the county's largest city, and the coastal plain. Venue for most family law matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, seated at Ventura.

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 Ventura County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Family Law Attorneys 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 Ventura.

County seat: Ventura

Courthouse at the county seat: Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009

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: ventura.courts.ca.gov

Family Law · Ventura County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Ventura (77), Westlake Village (59), Simi Valley (27) and Camarillo (16).

22 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.

For 12, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1962 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Bamieh & De Smeth, PLC (4), Mahdavi & Mahdavi Family Law (4) and Negley Law, APC (4).

The full Ventura County roster · 214 attorneys with an active license and a family law practice area: is listed by surname in the 1 sections below.

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Family Law matters in Ventura 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

Every family law attorney in Ventura County, by surname

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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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