David C. Bonfiglio — family-reported Judge

Court actor · Public record · Indiana

David C.Bonfiglio

Judge

18 families reportedElkhartLatest report Jun 2026

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WHAT FAMILIES SAY

I’ve lost precious time with my children because I was forced to pay a stranger to pretend she knows what’s best for my children. The judge clearly doesn’t know the constitution and continues to violate the rights of families everyday. Mary and Bonfiglio ruined their own reputations by the corruption they’ve created.
He gave custody to an abuser without due process. He ignores constitutional rights of parents and families. He would rather destroy families than actually obey the oath he took. I’ve never witnessed a more unhinged judge in my life.
He refused to hear m. Gave mom custody after the girls told DCS they were being abused, took a bribe from my kids' mom and her family
Denied my motion without a hearing and ignored evidence in my custody modification case. Allowed the father to have temporary custody of the child based on hearsay without requiring a court order and without being accountable for returning the child to my custody.
He allowed my ex-husband to fail to comply with providing proof of income for a child support hearing and just took my ex-husband's claim for his income as fact.
I'm going through a high conflict divorce because of feelings. Mother filed a fake protection order on me June 3rd to try to get the courts to keep me from seeing our daughter but ordered me to pay child support. Judge bonfiglio put the protection order with the divorce when it should be separate. I turned in evidence at that time last June and the order still hasn't been heard. So I've gone a…
This system has deprived me on being able to be the mother that I know I could have been had they not removed my children and ripped my rights away from me!!! I’ve missed milestones in my children’s lives that no parent should have to miss with their children.
Bonfiglio never has a clear answer. After being investigated multiple times by the fbi you’d think he’d be removed from the bar. But here he is today still violating due rights process of good parents and not acting in accordance to law causing distress on families and children. BABIES ARE BEING TAKEN FROM THEIR MOMS UNLAWFULLY BY THIS COURT
He lied on my dad countless times for things he didn’t do and took us out of our home for false allegations.
Denied my attorney to represent me and considered me pro se
He literally leaves all the work to GAL. He the only person that could access the whole trial from the DCS chins case to verify all my claims that I already won. Disregarded what that judge said to keep my daughter w her other siblings and me at 50 50. Like we had been for the prior years up to this.
It has caused me to miss out on every milestone my children have had. They have missed out on their baby brothers life.
This system has torn my family apart through years of exhausting court battles, inconsistent visitation, and decisions that made me feel unheard as a mother while my child lost precious time with family who loves him. Despite everything, I’ve continued fighting to stay present, protect my children, and hold onto hope that one day fairness and healing will come for our family.
For more than three years, the actions taken through the Elkhart County family court system have devastated my family emotionally, financially, and psychologically. Despite no DCS case, no finding that I was an unfit parent, and no allegations of abuse or neglect being substantiated, I was forced into a system where strangers were given authority over my relationship with my child. I was ordered…
It has alienated my sons from me. My rapist has custody of my children and withholds them from me whenever he wants. Its torn apart my family as I raised them on my own until 2021
Found me in contempt for placing my son in therapy at the recommendation of the detective overseeing the sexual abuse case for my son. Found me in contempt for staying home with my son rather than sending him to preschool despite my husband providing for our family. Ignored sexual abuse concerns.
A lawyer took me to the wrong courtroom, and when we realized and went to the right courtroom, the judge told me that their mind was made up and there was nothing that they could do. I would have to re-file to have that court redone and I said what do I do if my son‘s being abused and the lady said report it to CPS so I did and then a month later she turned around and gave him full custody

These are allegations reported directly by families through the survey. They are published because 18 unrelated households independently described this court actor — the public-record threshold.

Family-reported submissions.