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Alexander M. Calero
When Justice Feels Like Betrayal: A Courtroom Breakdown
I once believed Judge Alex Calero was impartial—his kind face gave me hope. But I was wrong. After my daughter-in-law completed her six-month service plan, earned a promotion to supervisor at her security job, and maintained unsupervised visits with her daughters for quite some time, the court still refused to reunify her with her children.
Why? Retaliation—plain and brutal. Retaliation against me, the paternal grandfather, and against my son, the girls’ father. We’ve protested. We’ve spoken out publicly. We’ve written blog posts exposing the truth. And for that, he targeted her.
He attacked her mental health, pried into her private life, and pushed for a psychological evaluation—not out of concern for her kids, but as a tool to delay and derail reunification. All of this despite the fact that she lives with me in a safe, stable home—I’m an RFA-approved caregiver. None of it mattered to the court. Not her progress. Not her parenting. Not the desperate cries of two little girls who are being chronically traumatized and want nothing more than to come home.
Then came the courtroom breakdown. My daughter-in-law left in tears, devastated. And I spoke the truth as I see it: Alex Calero is not a protector of families. He is part of the machinery that destroys them. I called him what I believe he is—a devil, a child abductor, an abuser cloaked in robes.
My daughter-in-law entered the juvenile dependency system under immense pressure. She was open about her struggles with postpartum depression and PTSD—conditions that should have been met with compassion, not condemnation. She complied with everything the court demanded. She finished her six-month service plan. She completed parenting classes. She held down a steady job as an unarmed security guard, even earning a promotion to supervisor. She did everything that was asked of her.
She also maintains unsupervised visits with her two daughters visits that goes smoothly, full of love and care. There were no safety concerns. No violations. Just a mother doing her best to reconnect with her children.
But while she was focused on reunification, I was focused on exposing the deeper injustices in the system. I’ve spoken out publicly—so has my son, the girls’ father. We’ve named names. We’ve called out the corruption and cruelty that too often hides behind the language of “child protection.” That’s when the real retaliation began.
Suddenly, despite all her progress, he claimed she needed a psychological evaluation. No warning. No clear justification. Just a court order—clearly designed to create new obstacles.
The implication is clear: her postpartum depression and PTSD (conditions she was already managing) are now being weaponized against her. They’re not being used to support her—they’re being used to punish her.
It’s not about the children anymore. It’s about silencing and discrediting those of us who dare to speak out.
Weaponizing Mental Health and Punishing Reconciliation
Judge Alex Calero made it abundantly clear—he wants to erase any consideration of my daughter-in-law’s postpartum depression. Not because it isn’t real, or because it interferes with her parenting—it doesn’t. But because it challenges the court’s narrative. Her diagnosis is being weaponized against her instead of being treated with the care and compassion it deserves.
What made things worse in the judge’s eyes? That she and my son—the girls’ father—have reconciled more than once. They share two children. But in Judge Calero’s courtroom, this is not viewed as healing—it’s treated as defiance.
My son attended the hearing by phone from out of state. He was respectful. Calm. The only reason he was ejected from the courtroom was because he couldn’t make a blind promise to “keep confidentiality” if doing so meant staying silent about violations of his constitutional rights. In other words, he stood for truth—and that’s what got him kicked out.
This isn’t just legal overreach. This is judicial abuse of power. It’s the silencing of a father, the demonization of a mother, and the slow destruction of a family that has done nothing to deserve this pain.
The Children Are the Ones Suffering Most
And while the court plays politics, the real victims are two innocent little girls. They’ve been separated from the mother they adore. They come to visits excited and leave devastated. They ask, “Why can’t we come home yet?”
They’re not just confused—they’re traumatized. Chronically. Emotionally. Psychologically. Their pain is visible, and it’s being ignored by the very system that claims to be acting in their “best interest.”
The girls are old enough to know something is wrong, but too young to understand why the system won’t let them come home. Every day that passes without reunification deepens their trauma. And for what? For a judge’s ego? For retaliation against a family that dared to speak the truth?
Neglect in Plain Sight: Injuries, Illness, and Hospitalizations
While the court delays reunification and nitpicks the mother’s mental health, my granddaughters have been physically suffering in foster care.
They have developed urinary tract infections, come down with pneumonia, and have been in and out of the hospital multiple times. These are not isolated incidents—they are signs of serious neglect. No child should endure this level of illness, especially not when they have loving, capable parents and an RFA-approved grandfather ready to care for them at home.
How is this in their “best interest”? Where is the accountability for the current placement that has failed to keep them safe and healthy?
The court knows. The social worker knows. The attorneys know. And yet—they continue to delay. They continue to ignore the signs of harm in plain sight, all while manufacturing reasons to punish a mother who’s done everything asked of her.
This isn’t just unjust. It’s inhumane.
Courtroom Favoritism and the False “Aunt”
As if the legal obstruction and emotional trauma weren’t enough, the court has gone out of its way to favor a questionable set of caregivers—people who have not only failed to protect the girls but have actively interfered with reunification by making false accusations against both me, the grandfather, and the mother.
The most egregious part? Judge Alex Calero keeps referring to this woman as the girls’ “maternal aunt.” But there is no verified biological or legal proof of that relationship. She’s an adopted aunt, if anything—and even that remains unclear. Yet the court continues to treat her word as gold, while dismissing ours as irrelevant or retaliatory.
This individual and others around her have submitted misleading statements, distorted facts, and spread damaging rumors in a clear effort to hold onto control over these children. Instead of investigating their conduct or holding them accountable for repeatedly alienating the girls from their family, the court shields them—prioritizes them, trusts them, and enables their actions.
Meanwhile, I’m an RFA-approved relative with a stable home. The mother has unsupervised visits and has done everything right. But we’re the ones treated like threats.
It’s backwards. It’s cruel. And it’s not justice.
San Diego Juvenile Dependency Court Judge Alexander Calero is actively covering up sexual abuse, silencing parents, and asking for a jail cell
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