BRING FORWARD WHAT MATTERS
$37
Court or a professional meeting coming up—and you’re worried you’ll forget something important?
BRING FORWARD WHAT MATTERS is a guided meeting-preparation tool designed to help you organize what matters for this meeting without feeling like you have to explain your entire family-court history at once. The workbook intentionally moves you through ORIENT → FOCUS → ORGANIZE → QUESTIONS → READY.
Use it before meeting with an:
⚖️ Attorney or court
👤 Guardian ad Litem / child representative
🧠 Custody evaluator or mental-health professional
🤝 Mediator or parenting coordinator
🏫 School professional
🩺 Medical provider
—or another professional involved in your case.
Inside, you’ll be guided to:
🌿 Identify the purpose of this meeting
🎯 Focus on what you most want help with
📅 Choose the time period that actually matters
🔎 Identify recurring categories without forcing a conclusion
📝 Select representative events rather than bringing everything
👧 Organize child changes as Before → Change → Current
📂 Identify the records and evidence you already have
🧭 Separate What I Know / What I’m Concerned About / What I Don’t Yet Know
❓ Prepare the questions you don’t want to forget
📄 Create a clear Meeting Preparation Summary to take with you.
Meeting very soon?
You don’t have to work through the entire workbook.
The included EXPRESS PREP helps you quickly organize:
Who am I meeting with?
What are my three priorities?
What facts and records do I already have?
What questions do I need answered?
Then bring your one-page preparation sheet with you.
You don’t have to remember everything.
You just have to bring forward what matters.
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All 4 the Kids,
Margie
Margaret M. FitzGerald, L.C.S.W.
The Maverik Therapist
Founder of 'Parenting Through Family Court'