When couples bring children from a previous relationship into a marriage they create a new family. Then, they may or may not have children together as well. Blending two families into one can be a joyous process but it also becomes complex when choosing how to divide assets in estate planning for after your death. How do you create an estate plan that satisfies everyone and doesn’t cause resentment within the family you’ve created after you’ve passed? What are some…

The most difficult aspect of any divorce involving children is child custody decisions. Courts in Colorado and elsewhere uphold the best interests of the children as their highest priority in all custody decisions, with the presumption that continued close contact with both parents is what’s in a child’s best interests. This is a rebuttable presumption, meaning one parent may provide evidence showing why equally shared parenting time isn’t in the child’s best interests. In the best-case scenario, parents agree to…

Most of us consider the older generation as happily married grandparents smiling out at us from old photo albums, but surprising studies show a rise in divorce numbers for seniors—or gray divorces. Baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1954) now head for divorce court in growing numbers. Data from a study between 1990 and 1921 shows an overall rise in divorces for couples over the age of 45, with the highest divorce rate among those aged 65 and up….

You’ve heard the statistic before, maybe even recently: “Half of all marriages end in divorce.” And while there was a point in time where that was close to the truth (divorce rates peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s, somewhere between 45% and 50%) the percentage of marriages that end in divorce has decreased significantly in recent decades. In fact, as of 2022, according to data from the American Community Survey, about 18% of respondents who indicated that they…

Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C. is pleased to announce that 14 lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. “For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions,” said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. “It is with great pleasure that we continue to…