Overview
- Nick Reiner filed a probate petition on June 8 asking a Los Angeles judge to order distribution of more than $1.5 million from a trust his parents set up so he can pay for legal fees and basic needs while jailed.
- The trustee initially withheld the payout citing questions about the trust’s terms and Reiner’s competence and launched an internal review after repeated demands from Reiner’s lawyers.
- Trustee Paul R. Kanin is stepping down and professional fiduciary Jodi Pais Montgomery is reported to be taking over and preparing court papers asking a judge to authorize release of the funds.
- Legal experts say California’s slayer statute could bar any money treated as inheritance if Reiner is convicted, so a judge must weigh the trust’s mandatory payout language against the risk of future disqualification.
- Reiner’s filing says siblings Jake and Romy had verbally agreed to act as third‑party payors but reversed course, high‑profile attorney Alan Jackson withdrew in January for lack of funding and says his firm would return if money becomes available, leaving Reiner represented now by a public defender and limited in hiring experts.