Elder Under Attack
A Family Targeted by a System Gone Rogue
By Independent Correspondent
Ricky G. Robinson — an RFA-approved caregiver, state-approved conservator, and trustee for his dependent 88-year-old mother — has become the target of a relentless campaign led by Child Welfare Services (CWS), the Guardian ad Litem’s office, county counsel, and even a non-relative caregiver who has never met him.
What began as a fight to preserve his bond with his two granddaughters, Malaika and Xayah, has spiraled into something darker: a coordinated effort to silence, discredit, and isolate a grandfather whose only “crime” has been to speak out.
Reports reviewed by this publication reveal a disturbing pattern of inhumane, degrading treatment aimed at silencing a grandfather and severing family bonds. False allegations — ranging from rape to child molestation to stalking — have been inserted into official records by Norma Olivares a caregiver with no blood relation to the children. She has even claimed the grandfather was “rude” and “threatening,” despite the fact that he has never met or spoken with her in his life. Evelyn Lopez, the children’s mother, has filed sworn statements refuting these accusations, yet the charges persist — recycled by CWS and echoed in court, turning lies into weapons.
The result? A legal mob — county agencies, social workers, and a Guardian ad Litem supervisor — pressing for restraining orders that would sever Robinson’s bond with his grandchildren.
Retaliation for Free Speech
The timing is telling. Each escalation has followed Robinson’s protected speech: his blog posts exposing misconduct, his protests at the Board of Supervisors, and his public defense of his family. Instead of addressing the trauma the children are enduring, the system appears to have turned its power inward — against a grandfather exposing their failures.
Robinson says plainly: “I’ve never met this woman. I don’t know where she lives. I don’t care to. But she and these agencies are weaponizing lies to cut me off from the grandchildren I’ve known and supported since birth.”
Inhumane and Degrading Treatment
What makes this campaign especially egregious is its violation of basic human dignity. Robinson and his family have been subjected to inhumane treatment — forced surveillance during visits, humiliating restrictions, and threats of retaliation simply for speaking out. The trauma has spread across generations: two tender-aged girls, their mother, and an elderly dependent all degraded by a system that seems determined to break them rather than protect them.
This is more than harassment. It is an assault on human dignity — the kind of treatment condemned in international law as cruel, degrading, and inhumane.
An Elder in the Crosshairs
This is not just an attack on a grandfather. Robinson is also the sole caregiver to his dependent 88-year-old mother. In targeting him, the system indirectly punishes a vulnerable elder who relies on his care. The collateral damage of this campaign extends across generations.
The Bigger Picture
The Robinson family’s ordeal raises urgent questions about accountability in San Diego’s dependency system. How can allegations this extreme — contradicted by sworn testimony and unsupported by evidence — be weaponized against a state-approved caregiver? Why are agencies designed to protect children instead being used to isolate them from their family and silence dissent?
The pattern is undeniable. Whenever this family speaks out, retaliation follows. And the ones paying the highest price are the two little girls, Malaika and Xayah, caught in the crossfire of a system more concerned with control than with their well-being.
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Updated – September 2025: My grandchildren remain hostage in San Diego County’s system. Instead of reunification, Child Welfare Services and the Guardian ad Litem’s office retaliated by placing restraining orders on me — their RFA-approved paternal grandfather, an elder, caregiver, conservator and trustee. This is not child protection. It is punishment for speaking out and exposing abuse, false reporting, and violations of human dignity.
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