Nick Reiner says in new court papers that he never gave up his right to money from the family estate plan when he turned 30 as asserted by a professional fiduciary.
Jodi Pais Montgomery is the current trust trustee and she asserts in her own new court papers filed Tuesday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ruben Garcia in advance of a hearing on Monday that Nick Reiner is not entitled to funds from the estate plan to help pay for his defense against charges in the killings of his parents — filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Reiner.
Montgomery contends Nick Reiner, now 32, gave a prior trustee his consent to indefinitely withhold the distribution that he could have received when he turned 30 in 2023, amounting to about $585,000. Nick Reiner says the trust actually says the trustee may hold on to the distribution only until he desires to receive it.
Nick Reiner also disputes Montgomery’s statement that she believes Nick Reiner’s mother told the prior trustee Nick Reiner knew he could take the money at age 30 and decided not to.
“I did not give my consent to any trustee of my trust to withhold, defer or retain my age-30 distribution indefinitely as property of the trust,” Nick Reiner says. “I did not ask or authorize my mother to give such consent on my behalf and I do not recall signing or being asked to sign any document giving that consent.”
Nick Reiner says he wants to receive his money along with interest accrued. He further states that to the best of his recollection, the prior trustee never told him the $585,000 was available to him and never asked for consent to keep the funds from him.
The trust was established as part of the Reiners’ estate plan, but is separate from the larger family trust that includes the estate’s assets, according to the petition, which further states each of the Reiners’ three children has an independent trust for their individual benefit, including Nick Reiner’s siblings.
A grand jury indictment was unsealed Wednesday against actor-director Rob Reiner’s youngest son, who is charged with murder in connection with the deaths of the famed filmmaker and his photographer wife, Michele, in their Brentwood home.
The indictment against Nick Reiner replaces the case filed last Dec. 16. He is charged with the slayings of his 78-year-old father and 70-year-old mother, who were found dead about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 14 in the couple’s Brentwood home in the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue between Sunset and San Vicente boulevards.
The murder charges include the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders and a new special circumstance allegation of murder while lying in wait, along with an allegation that he personally used a knife in the commission of the crime.
The indictment also alleges the aggravating circumstances that the crimes “involved great violence, great bodily harm, threat of great bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness, or callousness” and that the victims were “particularly vulnerable.”
Reiner pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom and is due back Sept. 15 for a pretrial hearing.
I think he deserves nothing, he killed the golden hen and expects to receive the golden eggs.