by Tre Morgan | Jan 24, 2024 | Collaborative Divorce, Communication, Negotiation, Uncategorized
One of the biggest differentiators between collaborative family lawyers and traditional divorce attorneys is their work on their own emotional intelligence. Collaborative divorce attorneys spend hours in formal and informal training learning how to recognize their own...
by Tre Morgan | Feb 7, 2023 | Collaborative Divorce, Negotiation, Protecting Kids, Uncategorized
The benefits of Collaborative Divorce can be difficult for clients to appreciate in advance. Seeing and appreciating how a joint problem-solving negotiation differs from adversarial and transactional negotiation in substance and result is far easier in...
by Tre Morgan | Dec 19, 2019 | Communication, Divorce, General, Negotiation, Privacy, Protecting Kids
One of the core tenets of my practice is that people need to be very thoughtful and very intentional about how they are going to go through the divorce process. If they don’t want a big nasty fight, then they need to take the steps necessary to avoid a big...
by Tre Morgan | Oct 16, 2019 | Divorce, Financial Issues, General, Negotiation, Separation Agreements
Some couples can have productive conversations at the kitchen table and agree on how they want to handle the financial and co-parenting issues of their separation and divorce. And I am all for couples having these conversations as long as they are productive. I...
by Tre Morgan | Sep 30, 2018 | Children's Issues in Divorce, Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, General, Negotiation, Separation Agreements
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius Divorce is often a confusing, anxious time. People often report feeling as if they are the mercy of “the system”, the law, their spouse, the attorneys, or...
by Tre Morgan | Aug 14, 2018 | Divorce, General, General Family Law, Negotiation, Separation Agreements, Tax
I am sometimes asked by prospective clients “Why do we need lawyers when we basically agree on everything already?” It is a fair, logical and reasonable question. One analogy that I use (with some poetic license) to explain this is that divorce is akin to...