Erik Carter

If you disagree with a final court order, you have 30 days to challenge it by Notice of Appeal or Motion to Correct Errors. Consultations for these requests receive immediate response.
My focus is on the efficient and cost-effective realization of YOUR vision of family life after litigation. I’ve been licensed in Indiana state and Federal courts since 1993, and also had licenses in Illinois and Pennsylvania (both voluntarily inactive). My areas of focus are family law, mediation and appeals. Let’s use the law and courts as tools to help .your family for once.

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  Consultations available at offices in Noblesville, Fishers, and Carmel, as well as Indianapolis and throughout central Indiana. Phone consultations available. Discretion guaranteed.

Indiana

Since 1993

7th Circuit

Since 1993

Founder & President

Carter Legal Services LLC

2014 - Current

Practice focused on family law litigation, including custody and parenting time; family law appeals; ChINS; divorce and paternity actions

Litigation Manager; Senior Attorney

Cordell & Cordell P.C.

2004 - 2014

Opened and managed Indianapolis office of nation's largest domestic relations firm focused on men. Represented men and women from Wayne County to Vigo County, and St. Joseph County to Clark County.

Attorney

Law Offices of Jeffery Leving, PC

2002 - 2004

Divorce and paternity litigation in Indiana and Illinois. Firm focused on representing men in family law courts.

Founder

Domain Disputes

2001 - 2002

Founder of firm focused on ICANN domain name disputes.

Attorney

Ratner & Prestia

2000 - 2001

Intellectual property law firm. Experiences included patent drafting, infringement analysis, and copyright and trademark litigation.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

J.D. (1993) | Law

1991 - 1993

Activities: Law Caucus for Women's Concerns; Men Against Violence Against Women (founder)

Ohio University

B.S. (1983) | Computer Science

1980 - 1983

Honors: National Merit Scholar; Wilson Chemistry Scholarship

Indiana State Bar  # 17260-53

Member

2014 - Current

William D Norman v. Rachelle L Norman

Indiana Court of Appeals opinion

May 13, 2021

Unsupervised Estate: Belinda Wycoff, et al. v. Brookville Mobile Estates, LLC.

Indiana Court of Appeals opinion

April 23, 2021

CHINS: A C v. Indiana Department of Child Services

Indiana Court of Appeals opinion

January 13, 2021

Master Six Sigma Black Belt

International Six Sigma Institute

Q. What type of lawyer to seek for legal advice on getting custody of sister's children? They are homeless and have no job.

December 16, 2024

A: Your siblings, either collectively or individually, will most likely be better served by requesting a consultation with a family law lawyer and discussing the details and specific goals to develop a strategy or strategies to help these children.

Q. Is there certain times of the day or week that you can file an appeal ?

December 14, 2017

A: A Notice of Appeal must be filed within 30 days of a final appealable order. If the 30th day falls on a weekend or day that the Clerk of the Court of Appeals is closed, it rolls over to the next open business day. The Notice of Appeal must be accompanied by the filing fee or a request to waive the fee. The Court of Appeals has on rare occasions permitted a Notice to be filed after the 30 days have passed but that is on a case-by-case basis and is extremely fact-specific (in other words, not guaranteed at all to be accepted).

Appeals - either interlocutory or of a final order - should be discussed with an experienced appellate attorney.

Q. Relocating out of state with daughter. If dad appeals, will it drag out the process if I need to move by a certain day?

March 30, 2017

A: This is not an appellate question, it is a custody/relocation question. Indiana Code 31-17-2.2-1 et seq. covers the notice requirements for a relocating parent and the options available to the non-relocating parent.