The Law Blog of Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C.

Marital agreements sometimes come with a certain stigma that a spouse/future spouse doesn't want to share wealth, assets, or income. But there are a lot more reasons to have a marital agreement, and the process is straightforward.

As of July 1, 2020 certain sections of Colorado's child support guideline statute will be added so that additional fees are to be shared under the statutory authority. Additional fees to be shared through extraordinary adjustments to the schedule of child support or through reimbursement between the parties in proportion to their adjusted gross income will include:

Truck driver fatigue contributed to 13% of crashes analyzed in the Large Truck Crash Causation Study of 2007. However, there are many steps that drivers in Colorado and elsewhere can take to make sure that they are awake enough to operate their vehicles. For example, it is not a good idea to drive between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. because the human body tends to be naturally tired during these hours.

Drivers may also be vulnerable to diminished reaction time and impaired short-term memory function when they first wake up. Research has shown that accidents are most frequent in the first hour a person drives after waking up. Those who have taken a nap are encouraged to wait 15 minutes before they resume driving. Naps of between 10 and 45 minutes are most effective at helping truck operators overcome drowsiness.

There was a 6.8% increase in traffic accidents throughout the country between 2018 and 2019, many of which occurred in Illinois. According to a survey from Go Safe Labs, there were 22,188 crashes in Houston, which was the most in the country during 2019. Other cities where accidents were most likely to occur were Charlotte, Austin and Los Angeles. However, it is important to note that the accident rates in many of these cities actually declined during that year.

In Charlotte, the crash rate declined by 13.3% while it declined by 12.1% in Houston. The report by Go Safe Labs also took a look at specific locations where traffic accidents were most likely to happen. An Interstate 85 exit near Greenville, South Carolina saw 404 collisions take place in 2019, which made it the most likely specific location for a motor vehicle accident to occur in the United States.