
Court actor · Public record · Indiana
MaryRaatz
GAL / Child Representative
10 families reportedElkhart CountyLatest report Jun 2026
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WHAT FAMILIES SAY
Judge Bonfiglio and GAL Mary Raatz belong in jail. There are hundreds of us demanding these people are deeply investigated and we won’t stop until they are.
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.
This system tore my family apart with false accusations, ignored evidence, and let an absent parent take my child without protection or due process. It has cost us years of lost time, emotional damage, and a bond I’ve fought every day to rebuild.
She had been assigned in 2019. Went thru the initial hearing and backed me. After took and refilled she absolutely refused to acknowledge anything I said and had proof of. Used the whole Dcs case against me that I actually won and had dismissed.
She sided with everything the mother said because I stated the mother was high conflict and Mary called me immature for stating that
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…
She failed to fulfill her duties as GAL failure to comply with GAL guidelines. Told a judge in open court i was being "petty" due to stating safety concerns as cause for objection to her reccomendations for expanded visits. She never even met my child never spoke to care providers made reccomendations that created interference with the standing and still active protective order against my ex…
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
These are allegations reported directly by families through the survey. They are published because 10 unrelated households independently described this court actor — the public-record threshold.
Family-reported submissions.