Lauren E. Harpold

Lauren E. Harpold (she/her/hers) is a Partner at Ruppert & Schaefer, P.C, where she practices almost exclusively in the area of family law. Lauren is a Certified Family Law Specialist, as certified by the Family Law Certification Board. She is also a registered domestic relations mediator, Parenting Coordinator, registered Guardian ad Litem, and a trained Collaborative Law professional. After her admission to the practice of law in 2011, Lauren was employed for four years as the Senior Deputy Law Clerk to Chief Judge Nancy H. Vaidik of the Indiana Court of Appeals. Lauren received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University. She graduated cum laude from Hofstra University School of Law, where she was a Child and Family Advocacy Fellow and the recipient of the William Eric Goldberg Scholarship. She also served as the Managing Editor of Volume 49 of the Family Court Review, the quarterly journal of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Lauren is a member of the Indianapolis and Hamilton County Bar Associations. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Lauren E. Harpold included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Selected to Rising Stars: 2023 - 2024 Selected to Super Lawyers: 2026 Other Sources of Feedback About Lauren E. Harpold Included on the 2026Indiana Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Indiana Super Lawyers list 2023 Indiana Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Senior Deputy Law Clerk to Chief Judge Nancy H. Vaidik, August 2011 - July 2015
• Representative Clients
• Matter of Adoption of H.H., 2022 WL 17347890 (Ind. Ct. App. 2022)

• M.S. v. M.J., 211 N.E.3d 522 (Ind. Ct. App. 2023)
• Wiesemann v. Wiesemann, 213 N.E.3d 1045 (Ind. Ct. App. 2023)
• Matter of Adoption of H.H., 202 N.E.3d 412 (Ind. Ct. App. 2022)
• L.B. v. M.B., 149 N.E.3d 680 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020)
• L.B. v. M.B., 138 N.E.3d 994 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019)
• Overly v. Overly, 79 N.E.3d 1012 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017)
• J.S. v. W.K., 62 N.E.3d 1 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016)
• Krom v. Krom, 272 N.E.3d 1005 (Ind. Ct. App. 2025)
• Herron v. Brooks, 2026 WL 685368 (Ind. Ct. App. 2026)

• Indiana, 2011
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2014
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2014
• Specialties and Certifications
• Certified Family Law Specialist, Family Law Certification Board

• IndyBar Association Board of Directors, January 1, 2011 - January 23, 2023 (Large member)
• Indianapolis Bar Association, 2011 - Present (IndyBar Family Law Executive Committee)
• Hamilton County Bar Association, 2015 - Present
• Association of Family Conciliation of Courts (AFCC)
• IndyBar Family Law Executive Committee, January 1, 2011 - January 23, 2023 (Large Member)
• Central Indiana Association of Collaborative Professionals, January 1, 2012 - January 23, 2023 (Member)
• Indianapolis Bar Foundation, Board of Directors