Elisabeth M. Edwards is a founding attorney at Wanzer Edwards, PC where she practices in the areas of family law and divorce, including collaborative law, family mediation and arbitration, and parenting coordination. Elisabeth is also frequently appointed as a Guardian ad litem.
Ms. Edwards completed her undergraduate degree at Hanover College, majoring in English. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Ms. Edwards’s professional career involvements include serving as the President of the Board of Directors of the Protective Order Pro Bono Project of Greater Indianapolis, Inc. until she assisted with its merger into the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence in 2007. Ms. Edwards has been recognized as a 2008 Up and Coming Lawyer in the “Leadership in the Law” special edition of the Indiana Lawyer, and as a Rising Star by SuperLawyers Magazine from 2010-2016 and as a SuperLawyer from 2018-Present.
Ms. Edwards is a member of the Indianapolis Bar (“IndyBar”) Association, Family Law Section, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. She served as the Chair of the Family Law Section in 2020. She also graduated from the 2007 IndyBar Bar Leader Series, Class IV, and served on the Bar Leader Series Steering Committee until 2011. She has served as an at-large member of the IndyBar Association Board of Directors, and on various committees of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation. Her professional memberships also include the Family and Juvenile Law Divisions of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Hendricks County Bar Association (“HCBA”), the Indiana Chapter of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts (“AFCC”), and the Indiana Association of Mediators. She served as Vice-President of the HCBA in 2015 and served as President in 2016. Ms. Edwards served on the Board of the Central Indiana Association of Collaborative Professionals from 2011-2020, serving as Treasurer from 2011-2015, Vice President from 2015-2017, and President from 2017-2019. She hopes to make Collaborative Law a top choice among divorcing parents in central Indiana.
More recently, Ms. Edwards served as the Chair of the IndyBar Destination CLE in November 2022 and was honored to serve as President of the IndyBar Foundation Board in 2023. She is currently serving as IndyBar Foundation Immediate Past President. Ms. Edwards also completed Co-Parenting Specialist Training with Mosten Guthrie Academy in May 2022 and is committed to using skills learned in this training in her Parenting Coordination and general family law practice.
Ms. Edwards is a frequent speaker and writer in the legal field. She has appeared on Fox 59 news and on WIBC’s radio program, “Pete the Planner” to discuss family law issues. She and co-founder of Wanzer Edwards, Holly Wanzer, have co-authored numerous articles for the Indiana Lawyer, the IndyBar Association and Foundation website, the IndyBar Record, as well as the WE Law monthly blog. Additionally, Ms. Edwards has authored or co-authored numerous seminars for ICLEF, IndyBar, Hendricks County Bar Association, National Business Institute, Julian Center, Heartland Pro Bono Council and Execsense. Elisabeth most recently has helped train new Parenting Coordinators for the IndyBar Association in 2023.
Ms. Edwards has served since 2014 on the Board for the Housing Corporation of the Hanover College Chi Omega Fraternity and currently serves as Secretary. She also served on the Hanover College Alumni Leadership Council from 2015-2021, serving as President in 2019-2020. She continues to serve Hanover on other alumni committees, as needed. Ms. Edwards also served as Secretary to the Board of Directors for the Avon Junior Athletic Association from 2015-2020.
In her spare time, Elisabeth is an avid reader, book club member and enjoys singing – whether in a virtual choir or karaoke — weight training, and yoga as well as spending time with her husband, son, and dog.
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FAQs Regarding Parenting Coordination
So, the Court has appointed a Parenting Coordinator in your case. You will undoubtedly have questions. As Parenting Coordinators ourselves, here are some common questions we hear from PC clients. The other parent brought up that issue to the Parenting Coordinator (“PC”) Why should I have to pay for the PC’s time? Your PC has to bill you based on what’s in your Court Order. Unless there is specific language in the Order that allows the PC to bill solely based on which party brought the issue to the PC, you will be billed to help resolve issues. You [...]
What’s the Deal with the Six Percent Rule?
Have you heard your lawyer mention something called the “Six Percent Rule,” but you’re not sure what that is? This term comes from the Indiana Child Support Guidelines and is used to refer to the children’s medical expenses, which are not covered by insurance that must be paid by the parent who receives child support. The Indiana Child Support Guidelines provide that “ordinary uninsured health care expenses” of a child or children are paid by the parent who receives child support. The amount that the Child Support Guidelines have determined is the ordinary uninsured medical expenses of a child [...]
Highway to the Discovery Zone
You don’t have to be a Maverick to find yourself in “the discovery zone” during your divorce. Discovery is an extremely common and necessary tool for your attorney to help you gather information. But what exactly is it? In this post, we will review the top 4 most common discovery methods that you may encounter in your family law matter. Indiana Trial Rule 26 specifically outlines the methods of discovery which may be used. The most common two options are written interrogatories and requests for production of documents. Written interrogatories are specific questions that are asked by one party [...]
To Make-Up or Not? Changes to the IPTG Regarding Make-Up Parenting Time
Effective January 1, 2022, a revision of the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines (“IPTG”) went into effect. Of note, the IPTG have been revised to include work obligations in Section I, (C), (2) “Adjustments to Schedule / ‘Make-Up’ Time.” However, a careful reading of the revisions would suggest that this is not an open invitation for parents to use work obligations to ask for make-up parenting time. To begin, the first paragraph of the section suggests that parents should “adjust” the parenting time schedule when events “outside the normal family routine or the control of the parent requiring the adjustment” [...]
