EXHIBIT 21.1

                          SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT

1.   Standard Pacific of Texas, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
2.   Standard Pacific of Orange County, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
3.   Standard Pacific of Fullerton, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
4.   Standard Pacific of Arizona, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
5.   Standard Pacific Construction, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
6.   The Writer Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
7.   Writer Realty, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Writer Corporation
     and a Colorado corporation.
8.   Writer Peninsula, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Writer Corporation
     and a Colorado corporation.
9.   Family Lending Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
10.  SPS Affiliates, Inc., a subsidiary of Family Lending Services, Inc. and a
     California corporation.
11.  Standard Pacific Financing, Inc., a California corporation.
12.  Standard Pacific Financing, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership in which
     the registrant owns a 99% interest in all profits, losses, credits and
     distributions.
13.  SPH Title, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
14.  StanPac Corp., a Delaware corporation.
15.  StanPac Development Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company in
     which the registrant has a 50% ownership interest.
16.  Azusa Associates, LLC, a California limited liability company in which the
     registrant has a 50% ownership interest.
17.  SPH Mortgage, a joint venture in which Standard Pacific of Texas, Inc. and
     Standard Pacific of Arizona, Inc. hold an aggregate of 50% ownership
     interest.
18.  WRT Financial, L.P., a Texas limited partnership in which The Writer
     Corporation has a 50% interest.
19.  Visa Las Flores, Corp., a Delaware corporation in which the registrant has
     a 50% ownership interest.

Neither the subsidiaries nor the partnerships in which the registrant has an
interest have done business under names other than their own, with the exception
of the following:

1.   Standard Pacific of Orange County, a division of Standard Pacific Corp.
2.   Standard Pacific of San Diego, a division of Standard Pacific Corp.
3.   Standard Pacific of Ventura, a division of Standard Pacific Corp.
4.   Standard Pacific of Northern California, a division of Standard Pacific
     Corp.
5.   Standard Pacific of Dallas, a division of Standard Pacific of Texas, Inc.
6.   Standard Pacific of Houston, a division of Standard Pacific of Texas, Inc.
7.   Standard Pacific Homes.
8.   Standard Pacific.