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 | Jun 25, 2019 | General
Clients frequently ask me in a first consult how long a collaborative divorce process takes. And I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes cases so different and why some move faster than others. One of the biggest variables I’ve found is the set of...
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 | May 2, 2016 | Collaborative Divorce, Communication, Divorce, General Family Law, Negotiation, Separation Agreements
I’ve got young kids and there are no books I enjoy reading to them more than Dr. Seuss. The lessons, philosophy and morality packed into each of his stories is truly genius. I recently read the read The Zax again and was reminded how apropos it was for a...
by Tre Morgan | Jun 24, 2014 | General, Negotiation, Protecting Kids, Separation Agreements
Does your attorney argue or negotiate? Arguing is not the same as negotiating. Negotiation, at its root, is problem solving. It is the act of solving joint problems. Arguing, by contrast, is at its best the act of trying to persuade someone to adopt your point of...