California Divorce: The Need for California Divorce Lawyers

According to the U.S. Census Bureau State andCalaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El
County QuickFacts, in 2005, California had anDorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern,
estimated population of 36,132,147. Taking intoKings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin,
consideration the size of the population in CaliforniaMariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono,
and the recent divorce statistics suggesting someMonterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas,
50% or more of all marriages in California will end inRiverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino,
divorce, it is not surprising to see how there is aSan Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis
need for California divorce lawyers.Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa
California has tens of thousands of California lawyersCruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma,
or California attorneys registered with the State BarStanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne,
of California which is an indicator of how manyVentura, Yolo, or Yuba.
California lawyers are needed. Of the tens ofSome California divorce lawyers practicing law in
thousands of California lawyers practicing law inCalifornia will seek out a special family law certification
California some will go into practice as a divorceby the State Bar of California or an organization
lawyer devoting all or some of their practice to theaccredited by the State Bar of California. Currently,
field of family law issues such as divorce orCalifornia has hundreds of Certified Family Law
dissolution of marriage, paternity, domesticSpecialists (CFLS) registered with the State Bar of
partnerships, child custody and visitation, domesticCalifornia. The percentage of all the California lawyers
violence, restraining orders, spousal support, childin California who actually seek to become Certified
support, guardianship, adoptions, community property,Family Law Specialists (CFLS) is relatively low.
division of property, and more.Although California divorce lawyers are not required
California divorce lawyers will generally practice familyto have such a certification to practice family law it
law in at least one California county. Typically thedoes allow the California divorce lawyer to advertise
county will be the county in which the Californiaas a specialist in the field of family law.
divorce lawyer's office is located. However, it is notConsidering the size of the population in California, the
unusual for a California divorce lawyer to practice lawhigh divorce rate in California, and the number of
in multiple counties within California. There areCalifornia divorce lawyers practicing family law in
approximately 58 Superior Courts in California in whichCalifornia, it is not surprising to see how there is a
a California divorce lawyer may choose to practicegrowing need for California divorce lawyers among
family law such as the Superior Court of Californiaconsumers today.
County of Alameda, Alpine, Amador , Butte,