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Tré Morgan believes the more informed his clients are, the better equipped they’ll be to make decisions in their own best interest. For years, Tré has written frequently about the issues he encounters, providing his own interpretations or explanations when appropriate. If it concerns divorce, chances are Tré has written about it here. Read through for topics that feel relevant, then follow up by contacting us.

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Work Email and The Attorney-Client Privilege

Email that you receive at your work email address may not be confidential. Many people do not realize that email in your work email account may well belong to your employer, not you.  That is because your employer owns the system and provides the service to...

Serious Humor About Ugly Divorces

Divorce is a very serious issue.  It is so serious that, sometimes, you have to laugh to keep from crying.   In fact, sometimes humor conveys a point far more effectivley than coldy serious lectures. I think this article from the Onion conveys many of my...

Psycho Ex-Spouses

There is one big reason why I choose to represent divorce clients in collaborative divorce, mediation and other non-litigation processes:  Avoiding this.  The story of The Psycho Ex Wife blog is awful.  It is the story of a couple with two children who...

Divorce: The Danger of Learning From Others

Learning from the experience of others is a double-edged sword.  You can avoid a lot of mistakes by watching others make them first.  But, you can also fall into a lot of mistakes by assuming that your experiences will be like someone else’s. ...

Divorce Party: Honoring the Marriage in a Divorce

I just recently heard about divorce parties.  While I don’t know anybody that has thrown one, I think that the idea behind them has some wisdom and merit.  This article about Jack White and Karen Elson’s divorce party points out that a divorce...

Cost of Court is Rising in North Carolina

The cost of going to court in North Carolina has gone up as of July 1st. There are some significant changes to the costs of family law cases in particular.  The cost of filing a family law action is now $150.00.  Whereas the extension of a Summons used to be...

Fighting Well is a Key to a Good Divorce

Perhaps the most important skill that Collaborative Divorce attorneys provide and teach their clients is fighting well.   (Cue my wife raising an eyebrow). Actually, it’s not fighting.  It’s resolving disagreements and conflict between...

Has Divorce Lost Its Shimmer?

This recent article in the New York Times makes the case that women's views on divorce have changed over the last thirty years.   While women may have viewed divorce as liberating in the 70's, according to more recent research, it is now viewed as a failure....