About Us

CoDE for Families LLC is an Indiana based company that provides co-parenting and divorce education. We have expertise with Indiana family law and how the Indiana family court system works. We are also well experienced in domestic alternative dispute resolution. Our mission is to help families make the best out of a difficult situation for the benefit of all parties through education with our on-demand course. This course was developed by Kim Van Valer, JD and Janetta Coleman, MS, LSW.

Kim Van Valer, JD

Kim Van Valer began her legal practice in 1991 with her father, Joe Van Valer. Her judicial career began 3 1/2 years later by unanimous appointment of the elected judges as Magistrate of the Johnson Circuit and Superior Courts hearing both civil & criminal cases. Elected Judge herself in 1996, Kim served two terms as the first Judge of the Johnson Superior Court No. 3. As an elected judge, she handled thousands of cases each year in an even broader range of legal areas.

In 2009, Kim left the full time bench, assumed Senior Judge status, began mediating and rejoined her father in the practice of law until his death in 2011. She joined the Indiana Association of Mediators and served as its President in 2012 & 2013. Kim has mediated hundreds of cases in civil tort, real estate and foreclosure, as well as her primary area of family law. She is also a Registered Private Judge.

Janetta M. Coleman, MS, LSW

Janetta M. Coleman, MS, LSW, is a Registered Domestic Mediator and a licensed Social Worker with 28 years of experience assisting children and families as a Homebased Counselor, Independent Living Coordinator, Youth Residential Director, and Family Care Facilitator. She is the author of Surviving Foster Care: A Journey of Self-Discovery, and has been a registered Domestic Mediator and Parent Coordinator since 2016.

She is currently on the board of the Indiana Association of Mediators (IAM) and a member of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM). She has also served on various boards within the community, such as the Indiana Association on Adoption and Child Care Services, Youth As Resource (YAR), and as the Region 7 Representative for the National Association of Social Workers for Indiana (NASW).