The Juvenile Division is composed of Juvenile West in Oakland, and Juvenile East in San Leandro. Prosecutors assigned to the Juvenile Division review cases for charging purposes, conduct pretrial hearings, jurisdictional hearings, dispositional hearings, and probation revocation hearings. Branch Offices . The North County Division has branch offices in the Oakland Courthouse , Berkeley Courthouse , and the Alameda Courthouse . Prosecutors in the branch offices initiate felony charges and conduct preliminary hearings in which a judge determines whether there is sufficient proof of the defendant's guilt to warrant a trial in the superior court.
Prosecutors assigned to the branch offices also conduct misdemeanor jury trials and court trials.
Family Support Division . Prosecutors assigned to the Family Support Division take legal action to determine the paternity of children who are in need of child support, enforce court orders relating to child support, and conduct investigations and prosecutions relating to child stealing. The Family Support Division also locates parents who have failed or refused to pay child support, and collects child support payments which have been ordered by the courts. The CAU also assists in enforcing court-ordered visitation rights when the parent who seeks enforcement is an Alameda County resident. Because the first priority of CAU is child abduction, it may decline to handle cases involving minor violations of court orders, such as disputes over visitation schedules where the parties and the child continue to live in the Bay Area.