Campos

Plaintiff Roberta Campos requested assistance from the Family Support Division of the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office (FSD) to collect overdue child support. Dissatisfied with the FSD’s response, Campos contacted defendants Eloise Anderson and the California Department of Social Services (Department) to request an administrative hearing. An administrative law judge (ALJ) ruled the Department’s administrative hearing jurisdiction does not extend to review of the FSD. Campos brought a writ of mandate seeking an order compelling the Department to vacate the ALJ’s order and to grant her a hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 10950. The trial court denied the petition. On appeal, Campos asks us to determine whether the Department has jurisdiction under section 10950 to conduct a state administrative hearing into the adequacy of the FSD’s provision of child support enforcement services. The Department and the California District Attorneys’ Association, which has filed an amicus curiae brief, argue section 10950 confers no such authority. We shall affirm the judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

Campos requested FSD to pursue child…