Denton County has grown rapidly, and its family courts handle a steady volume of divorce, custody and modification cases from communities such as Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Little Elm and Frisco. People facing a divorce often want to compare local firms before they make a first call, especially when the case involves disputed property, a business or children. Local practices range from firms with several board-certified family law attorneys to smaller offices that handle family matters alongside estate planning or other work, and a firm’s own site, such as northtexasdivorcelawyers.com, usually explains the kinds of cases it takes. This list brings together family law firms serving Denton County so readers can compare them on the same terms.
Texas family law sets the framework for every case on this list. Divorces generally require at least one spouse to have lived in Texas for six months and in the county for 90 days, and a 60-day waiting period applies after filing in most cases. Property is divided under a just and right standard, community property is presumed, and separate property claims must be proved by clear and convincing evidence. For children, courts presume joint managing conservatorship is in the child’s best interest unless evidence such as family violence overcomes that presumption.
Contested cases follow a predictable sequence. Temporary orders hearings often come first and set arrangements for the home, the children and support while the case is pending. Discovery follows, with sworn inventories, document requests and sometimes depositions or business valuations. Most Texas family courts require mediation before trial, and a mediated settlement agreement that meets statutory requirements is generally binding. Cases that do not settle go to trial, where Texas allows a jury to decide certain issues, including the characterization of property and which parent will designate the child’s primary residence.
Local procedure adds its own details. Denton County applies standing orders in divorce cases that take effect at filing and generally bar both spouses from hiding assets, canceling insurance, changing beneficiaries or removing the children from the area. Family cases are heard by district courts at the Denton County Courts Building in Denton, and the timing of hearings and mediation deadlines can vary by court. A firm that appears regularly in those courts will usually know how a particular judge handles temporary orders and scheduling.
Collaborative law offers another route. In a collaborative divorce, both spouses and their attorneys agree to resolve the case outside court, often with help from neutral financial and child advisors, and the lawyers withdraw if the process fails. Some firms on this list describe collaborative law as part of their practice, while others focus more on litigation and mediation.
That Is the List: 8 Family Law Firms Serving Denton County
1. North Texas Family Lawyers
North Texas Family Lawyers represents clients throughout Denton County from its office on South Stemmons Freeway in Lewisville, with a practice built around the cases most likely to require real legal firepower — contested divorce, custody, modifications and property division involving serious disagreements over finances and support. Rather than positioning itself as a general family law shop, the firm describes a focus specifically on divorces where property, finances, custody and support are genuinely in dispute.
What distinguishes the firm is a background most family law practices don’t have: experience drawn from a former real estate and title practice. That history matters directly in Denton County, where rapid growth has produced complex property portfolios, investment real estate and business interests that require more than a basic understanding of community property law to divide correctly. Untangling a marital estate that includes multiple properties, a family business or complicated title history calls for exactly the kind of financial and property fluency that a title-and-real-estate background provides.
That property-focused foundation extends naturally into the firm’s approach to high-conflict cases more broadly. Denton County’s standing orders freeze the financial status quo the moment a divorce is filed, which means the early weeks of a contested case are often where property, accounts and business interests get identified, valued and protected — work that benefits from a firm already comfortable with financial documentation, titles and asset tracing rather than one encountering those issues for the first time in each new case.
For Denton County clients whose divorce involves a business, investment property, or financial complexity beyond a standard marital estate, North Texas Family Lawyers’ combination of contested-case litigation experience and property-focused background makes it a firm built specifically for that kind of dispute.
2. Coker, Robb & Cannon
Coker, Robb & Cannon has served clients in Denton, Collin and Tarrant counties since 1998, with offices in Denton, Frisco and Fort Worth. The firm is led by six attorneys who are board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. It handles contested and uncontested divorces and offers video consultations.
3. Loveless & Loveless L.P.
Loveless & Loveless is a Denton-based family law firm whose attorneys are board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm handles divorce, custody, support, property division and modifications. Its website describes support for the collaborative divorce process alongside traditional litigation.
4. Burrows Law Group
Burrows Law Group has a Denton office and handles contested and uncontested divorce, custody and spousal maintenance. The firm describes itself as integrating family law with licensed mental health, family systems, family life education and financial guidance under one roof. Its site also discusses what clients can expect at mediation sessions and contested hearings in Denton County.
5. Martinez Legal, P.C.
Martinez Legal has offices in Denton and Decatur and focuses on family and estate law. Its family practice covers contested and uncontested divorce, adoptions, premarital agreements, child support, custody and CPS cases. The firm also handles wills, trusts and business formation.
6. Peace & Associates, PLLC
Peace & Associates is a Flower Mound family law firm serving Denton County communities, including Flower Mound, Lewisville, Carrollton, Little Elm, Lantana, Corinth and Lake Dallas. Its attorneys handle divorce, custody, child support, protective orders, modifications and post-divorce matters. The firm also meets with people who have recently moved to Texas and have questions about filing in Denton County.
7. Texas Grizzly Law Firm, PLLC
Texas Grizzly Law Firm handles divorce and family law matters for clients in Denton and Denton County. Its divorce page explains the difference between contested and uncontested divorce and the factors that affect how long a Denton divorce takes. The firm also discusses the grounds for divorce available under Texas law.
8. Pfister Family Law
Pfister Family Law is based in Frisco and serves clients in Denton County and surrounding areas. Founder John Pfister handles contested and high-net-worth divorces, child custody and visitation disputes. Its practice centers on family law matters.
How This List Was Compiled
Narrowing Denton County’s family law firms down to a comparable set required consistent criteria applied across every candidate.
A documented family law practice. Each firm describes divorce, custody or both as a practice area on its own website or public directory profiles.
A Denton County presence. Every firm maintains an office in Denton County or publicly states a service area that includes Denton County.
Range of family matters handled. The firms included describe capabilities such as contested divorce, modifications, adoption or collaborative law, reflecting the range of situations that come up in real cases.
Objective, verifiable detail. Where a firm publishes a specific fact about itself, such as office locations, years in operation or board certification by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, that detail can be checked against public sources.
Board certification can be confirmed through the Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s public search, and bar status through the State Bar of Texas. Descriptions above rely only on what those sources state, and where individual attorneys are named, those details come from the same sources.
Conclusion
Picking among these firms usually depends on the issues in a particular case, since a dispute over a family business, a contested custody case and a straightforward agreed divorce call for different kinds of attention. A short first conversation about who will handle the file, how fees are structured, how the firm prepares for temporary orders and mediation, and whether it takes cases to trial often shows quickly whether the fit is right. Readers weighing options for a contested case can review practice pages such as the one from North Texas Family Lawyers alongside the other firms listed here, and speak with two or three before making a decision. This list does not rank the firms, and readers should confirm current services directly with any firm before hiring it.