Most people in the United States do not have estate plans in place, and the overall lack of preparedness is a head scratcher. We will devote a future blog post to the results of a recent survey on the subject, but suffice to say that most people between 35 and 55 are unprepared.
This is the confusing part, because a very significant percentage of people in this age group have dependent children. It is irresponsible to go through life without an estate plan when you have others depending on you for everything.
A very low percentage of people that are under 35 have estate plans in place. You may say that this is no big deal, because they really don’t need to account for assets that they simply do not have at that young age. This may be true, but there is another consideration.
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Mr. Nirenstein is licensed to practice before the courts of the State of Connecticut and the United States District Court. He is a member of the Connecticut and Hartford County Bar Associations, and the Estate and Probate, Elder Law, Business Law and Real Estate Sections of the Connecticut Bar Association.
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