Introduction
Cale J. Bradford is the Chief Judge of the superior court of Marion County, Indiana, United States. He was elected on January 1, 1997 and was the presiding judge for the 2005-2006 term, as well as being the juvenile division chair.
Bradford earned a B.S. at Indiana University Bloomington in 1982 and a J.D. at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1986.
Cale J. Bradford is appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals. His term began on August 1, 2007.
Controversy
In a child custody case, Judge Bradford approved a ruling of a magistrate forbidding either parent from instructing their son in their shared religious beliefs. The magistrate questioned how Wicca differed from Satanism and required the parents to shelter their child from "non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals". This ruling was overturned on appeal.