The Family Criminal Law Division is staffed with attorneys caseworkers and investigators that review allegations of criminal spousal abuse. Lawyers also file protective orders for victims against their perpetrators. Last year they reviewed over 6,000 allegations of abuse and filed 2,100 protective orders More 

The Child Abuse Division is responsible for prosecuting cases which involve physical abuse, sexual abuse and/or neglect of children: (1) where the victim is under six years of age at the time of the last reported offense where the testimony of the victim, is needed in court for prosecution and (2) sexual abuse cases filed by law enforcement officers who are housed at The Harris County Children's Assessment Center where the victim is 13 years of age or younger. The Harris County District Attorney's Office is one of fifteen partner agencies affiliated with the Children's Assessment Center which promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to the civil and criminal investigation of child abuse. Since the Child Abuse Division is specialized, it handles the vertical prosecution of its Child Abuse cases from Intake to final trial disposition. The remainder of the child abuse cases are handled by prosecutors assigned to the Trial Bureau.