In rare surgery cases, patients may experience a distressing phenomenon known as anesthesia awareness. Anesthesia awareness involves regaining consciousness during surgery, potentially leading to heightened pain, fear and psychological trauma. How Rare is Anesthesia Awareness? Anesthesia awareness is a real condition and is believed to affect one in every 1,000 surgical patients. It happens when a patient under general anesthesia is still aware of their surroundings and sensations during the procedure. Considering more than 51 million inpatient surgical procedures are…

If you live in Denver proper, you bottom out – a good kind of bottoming out – because you’ve got the lowest amount of property taxes in the metro area, according to Aldo Svaldi with the Denver Post. Contrast that with some other metro area counties, such as Westminster (home of Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C.) and Adams, which have some of the highest property taxes in the state. Bear in mind, though, that almost no matter where you live in…

Couples who are working through divorce in Colorado and who also have 401(k) accounts may be surprised to learn that their spouses may be entitled to a percentage of the account balance. The portion of 401(k) accounts that accrued during the marriage are considered to be marital property subject to equitable property division in divorce proceedings. The law allows the withdrawal of the amount ordered by the court without the early withdrawal penalties given in the event that both spouses…

In a Colorado divorce, marital property will be equitably divided between the two spouses. An equitable division is not necessarily equal. Rather, equitable division means that the division of property will be fair. Property that is included in the marital estate and thus subject to division is called marital property, while property that is excluded is separate property. Marital property includes most types of property acquired during the marriage, even if the property was only acquired by one spouse. There…

The division of marital property is often a contentious issue in Jefferson County divorces. This is especially true when it is a high-asset divorce because so much money is at stake, and each spouse may feel that they are entitled to a certain amount. It is understandable if parties become very angry or emotional during the asset division process, but some people become so outraged at the prospect of paying alimony or child support that they turn to illegal means…