Overview
- Nick Reiner filed a 136-page probate petition on Monday, June 8 asking a Los Angeles judge to order release of more than $1.5 million held in an individual trust his parents set up for him.
- The petition says the trust required one-half to be paid when Reiner turned 30 and the remainder at 35 and argues the trustee has no legal basis to condition those mandatory payouts on subjective concerns about his capacity.
- Trust attorney Paul R. Kanin has withheld distributions and is reported to be resigning effective June 11, with Jodi Pais Montgomery named as successor fiduciary who has begun reviewing the account.
- Reiner says he needs the funds to rehire high-profile attorney Alan Jackson, who withdrew in January for lack of payment but has said he would resume representation if the money becomes available.
- The civil dispute is separate from the criminal case in which Reiner has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, his preliminary hearing was pushed to September, and prosecutors have not finalized whether to seek the death penalty; the outcome could also raise questions under California’s slayer statute depending on future rulings.