by Tre Morgan | Feb 7, 2024 | Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, Financial Issues, Separation Agreements, Tax, Uncategorized
In every initial consultation I tell my client that a solid divorce agreement that will stand the test of time is built on four pillars. Failing to address any of them makes a very unsteady platform from which to build your new future. Those pillars are: Legal Pillar:...
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 10, 2023 | Children's Issues in Divorce, Divorce, Protecting Kids, Uncategorized
A recent article making the rounds has highlighted an issue that has simmered in the family law world for decades: How should breastfeeding impact child custody arrangements?The answers are not simple legally. As the article points out, North Carolina courts and many...
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 | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
A recent article has people talking about the expectations we all carry into marriage and how we react when they are invariably unmet. According to the marriage therapists and researchers quoted in the article, a degree of difficulty and hard feelings is...
by Tre Morgan | Sep 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the last few years, I have heard the phrases “gaslighting” and “narcissism” at least weekly. Prior to that I’d never heard the term gaslighting and narcissism came up pretty rarely. It seems that at least half of the people I talk to...
