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Christine Douglas

Indiana Divorce Mediator & Parenting Coordinator | Certified Family Law Specialist

Christine Douglas is an Indiana-based mediator, parenting coordinator, and family-law practitioner with more than three decades of experience helping individuals and families resolve divorce, custody, paternity, guardianship, adoption, and related family disputes.

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Christine Douglas is an Indiana-based mediator, parenting coordinator, and family-law practitioner with more than three decades of experience helping individuals and families resolve divorce, custody, paternity, guardianship, adoption, and related family disputes. She is a Certified Family Law Specialist through the Indiana State Bar Association Family Law Certification Board and a registered domestic relations mediator. Her work also includes parenting coordination, guardian ad litem service, and collaborative-law practice. Through Douglas Family Law in Carmel, Indiana, she serves the Indianapolis metropolitan area with a family-focused, child-centered approach that emphasizes informed decision-making, practical agreements, and amicable solutions whenever appropriate.

Child Custody & Parenting Plans
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Complex Family Disputes
Family Law & Separation
Family-Related Appeals
Guardianships & Adoptions
Indiana Divorce Mediation
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Paternity & Grandparent Visitation
Premarital & Domestic Partnership Agreements

Christine reviews Indiana divorce, separation, custody, parenting-plan, paternity, guardianship, collaborative-divorce, and family-mediation content for factual clarity and practical relevance. Her editorial role is limited to topics within her stated experience and does not create an attorney-client relationship or constitute individualized legal advice.

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How is property divided in an Indiana divorce?

Indiana follows an equitable-distribution approach to dividing marital property, but with a distinctive feature: Indiana law begins from a presumption that an equal, fifty-fifty division of the marital estate is just...

Published October 27, 2026 Last reviewed October 27, 2026

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How is child support calculated in Indiana?

Indiana calculates child support using an Income Shares model under the Indiana Child Support Guidelines, adopted by the Indiana Supreme Court.

Published October 27, 2026 Last reviewed October 27, 2026

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How is parenting time (physical custody) typically arranged in Indiana?

Indiana no longer uses the term “visitation,” but does use the term parenting time for the schedule under which each parent is with the child.

Published October 27, 2026 Last reviewed October 27, 2026

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How does child custody work in an Indiana divorce?

Indiana law distinguishes between two kinds of custody: legal custody, which is the authority to make major decisions about a child’s upbringing (such as education, health care, and religion), and physical custody,...

Published October 27, 2026 Last reviewed October 27, 2026

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What does a child-centered or child-focused approach to divorce actually mean?

A child-centered approach means keeping the children’s needs and wellbeing at the center of every decision in a divorce matter, rather than the parents’ grievances with each other.

Published October 27, 2026 Last reviewed October 27, 2026

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How does a detailed parenting plan help reduce conflict between parents?

A parenting plan is a written agreement that sets out how separated or divorced parents will share responsibility for their children, and the level of detail in that plan has a direct effect on how much conflict the...

Published October 27, 2026 Last reviewed October 27, 2026

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What is a parenting coordinator, and how is that different from a mediator?

A parenting coordinator is a trained neutral who helps parents implement and follow their court order or parenting plan over time, resolving the day-to-day disputes that arise as they raise children in two households.

Published October 27, 2026 Last reviewed October 27, 2026

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