Cale J. Bradford

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Cale J. Bradford

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 is 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 School of Law Indianapolis in 1986.

Cale J. Bradford was recently appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals. His term will begin on August 1, 2007.

[edit] Controversy

Case number 49D010305DR000898 was a child custody case where 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 instructed the parents to choose a "mainstream" religion. This ruling was overturned on appeal.^{[citation needed]}