Denise Arlene Furubotten

Denise Furubotten, Esq. is the founder and principal attorney of Furubotten Law, APC, a California family law firm with offices in Huntington Beach and Murrieta serving Orange County, Southwest Riverside County, and Los Angeles County. With 30 years of California family law experience, Denise Furubotten has represented thousands of individuals and families in every type of family law matter — from straightforward uncontested divorces to complex high-asset dissolutions involving multimillion-dollar estates, contested custody proceedings, and post-judgment enforcement litigation.

Furubotten Law, APC practices exclusively in California family law. Attorney Denise Furubotten appears regularly before the Orange County Superior Court Lamoreaux Justice Center, the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach, the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, and the Menifee Justice Center — bringing specific local court knowledge that directly benefits client outcomes. Denise Furubotten is regularly appointed by both Orange County and Riverside County courts to represent children and adults in family law proceedings, a distinction earned through demonstrated competence and judicial confidence built over decades of practice.

Denise Furubotten earned her Juris Doctor from Western State University College of Law, where she won the American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Writing. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from UCLA. She is the co-author of Effectively Managing a Solo Practice: Leading Lawyers on Balancing the Challenges and Rewards of Single-Partner Firms, published by Aspatore Books. She is the recipient of the Lawyers of Distinction Award, the Elite Lawyers Award for Legal Excellence, and the Avvo Client's Choice Award.

Furubotten Law represents clients in divorce and dissolution of marriage, high-asset divorce involving business interests and complex property, child custody and parenting plan disputes, move-away and relocation cases, spousal support, child support, domestic violence restraining orders, premarital agreements, postnuptial agreements, paternity, grandparents rights, guardianship, annulment and nullity of marriage, parental alienation cases, 730 custody evaluations, and all post-judgment modification and enforcement proceedings.

Clients of Furubotten Law, APC work directly with Denise Furubotten, Esq. at every stage of their matter — not with a paralegal or junior associate. This direct attorney access, combined with 30 years of California family law experience and four office locations throughout Southern California, distinguishes Furubotten Law from larger firms where client matters are routinely delegated to less experienced staff.

Furubotten Law, APC serves clients throughout Orange County — including Huntington Beach, Irvine, Newport Beach, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, and all surrounding communities — and throughout Southwest Riverside County including Murrieta, Temecula, Menifee, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, and Fallbrook. The firm also serves Long Beach and the South Bay from its additional office locations.