Please use the Client Information and the Financials Worksheets to prepare for all family law appointments.

To better access your case and to make the most out of your first appointment for your family law case please gather the following information.

  • Tax returns (personal and business/corporate) for the past three years, wage statements, W-2s, 1099s or Form KS. Please be prepared to submit these documents electronically.
  • Monthly expenses (including housing, utilities, food, children’s expenses, transportation, health care, personal expenses, and monthly credit card/revolving debt) I have a Word document that can be linked here called Financial for Monthly Expenses Property and debt.
  • List of Property and estimate its approximate market value and what, if anything, is owed against it. The list should include real estate, cars, IRAs, pensions, bank accounts (checking/Savings), stock accounts, etc.
  • List your personal liabilities, i.e., debt like credit cards, car loans, mortgages, etc.

Remember, your conference with Margaret Doyle Fitzpatrick, by law is privileged. Nothing you say to Margaret can be told to anyone else without your permission.

Client Reviews

Exceptionally Thorough!

As a consultant, a portion of my work is as an expert witness. I have worked with many trial lawyers over the years. Margaret was exceptionally thorough and efficient in preparing and presenting my case at trial. I am convinced I had the best on my team, and it clearly showed in the courtroom. Her demeanor was professional and her presentation was clear, concise, and convincing. She is an exceptionally capable trial attorney.

Protective!

I could never thank you enough for all you did to help protect my babies.

Very Helpful!

With Margaret’s help, I was able to escape an abusive relationship, be awarded a fair share of my husband’s business, and be permitted to relocate with my children across the country.

Highly Skilled & Tireless!

Forced from my home and facing false criminal charges of domestic violence, by the time I found Margaret, most divorce attorneys gave me little chance of ever having a normal relationship with my newborn child. Margaret helped me navigate across a dark and malevolent storm that pitched from custody and immigration-driven criminal charges to complex international issues involving finance and the risk of parental abduction to frightening psychological/psychiatric concerns. Today I am the proud and doting primary residential parent of my two-year-old child. Margaret is a highly-skilled, tireless professional who genuinely cares– I could not have asked for a better family law attorney nor will I ever be able to thank her enough for the life she’s made possible for me, and my child.

Very Knowledgable!

I am in my 80s and never thought I would go through a divorce trial. Margaret understood the financial and emotional issues I was faced with and helped me through the initial service of process, the trial, and sale of my residence. She did a good job for me.

Awesome!

Trial over: Yes to relocation; 50/50 all college expenses for BOTH children. You prepared me well…Thank you so much!!! You are AWESOME!!!!