Court Postpones Reiner Trust Fund Ruling

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has postponed a decision in the contentious civil dispute over a $1.6 million trust fund established for Nick Reiner, the son of acclaimed filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner. Nick Reiner, 32, is seeking access to funds he claims became his at age 30 to pay for his defense against murder charges in the deaths of his parents. The hearing, originally scheduled for Monday, was continued to October 23 to allow more time for review.

At the center of the case is whether Reiner, who was born in 1993, should receive a mandatory distribution from the trust, which he states became due when he turned 30 in September 2023. Reiner alleges that at least $558,000 was owed to him at that time and that he never consented to having the funds withheld indefinitely. In court filings, his attorney Anita Wu has argued that the trust's value has been depleted by approximately $200,000 in legal fees, undermining the beneficiary's interests.

The trustees administering the trust, Paul Kanin and his successor Jodi Pais Montgomery, have opposed the distribution. They invoke California's "slayer statute," a law that can prevent individuals who...