Terre Family Law, Inc - Santa Rosa, CA

Certified Family Law Mastery and Leadership in Santa Rosa

Terre Family Law, Inc. is an acclaimed boutique family law firm located at 575 West College Avenue, Suite 105, in Santa Rosa, California. Serving clients across Sonoma County since 2004, the firm is led by founding attorney and mediator Carla Boyd Terre, a Certified Family Law Specialist certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and recognized on the Northern California Super Lawyers list annually from 2020 through 2026, Carla Boyd Terre previously served as President of the Sonoma County Bar Association and Commissioner on the California State Bar Family Law Advisory Commission. Joined by partner Janessa McCune, who is also a Certified Family Law Specialist with extensive domestic violence advocacy experience, the firm combines academic excellence with decisive courtroom skill. When life transitions require you to hire an attorney with certified credentials and deep local courtroom respect, Terre Family Law, Inc. provides sophisticated, compassionate counsel.

Comprehensive Family Law and Complex Asset Division

High-stakes family matters demand sophisticated financial acumen and strategic foresight. Serving as authoritative divorce lawyers, child custody lawyers, and child support lawyers, the firm delivers tailored legal representation across comprehensive domestic disciplines:

• High-asset marital dissolutions: Handling complex property division involving family-owned businesses, commercial real estate, stock options, and retirement plans, collaborating with forensic accountants, appraisers, and actuaries to ensure equitable property characterization.
• Child custody and parenting plans: Operating as dedicated child custody lawyers, drafting structured parenting plans, resolving contentious move-away relocation petitions, and serving as neutral parenting coordinators.
• Child and spousal support: Working as diligent child support lawyers to calculate guideline child support and negotiate fair spousal support awards that reflect complex executive earnings and variable business distributions.
• Confirmatory and stepparent adoptions: Serving as compassionate adoption lawyers, completing second-parent adoptions, confirmatory adoptions, and stepparent adoptions with special focus on same-sex and LGBTQ+ family structures.
• Domestic violence protective orders: Acting as responsive domestic violence lawyers, securing emergency protective orders and litigating restraining order hearings to ensure family safety.
• Premarital contracts: Operating as skilled prenuptial agreement lawyers, crafting premarital agreements that protect generational wealth and family enterprises.

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Private Mediation

In addition to courtroom litigation, attorney Carla Boyd Terre provides private divorce mediation and acts as a private judge pro tem. Mediation enables couples to resolve delicate property and custody disagreements discreetly outside the public court record, preserving dignity and significantly reducing legal expenses.

Book Your Consultation with Santa Rosa Specialists

Whether you are planning an amicable separation, navigating a contested custody dispute, or need a lawyer urgently to protect your parental rights, early strategic planning is essential. Prospective clients looking to find an attorney of distinction can contact Terre Family Law, Inc. today to arrange an informative initial consultation at their Santa Rosa office.