Following the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, their son Nick Reiner has been charged with first-degree murder of his parents. A legal expert reports that if Nick is convicted of the double homicide, he will likely not receive his inheritance.
Having amassed a long-lasting legacy in Hollywood as a director and actor, Reiner leaves behind a wealthy estate with a net worth estimated to be $200 million. According to People, estate and trusts attorney Sean Weissbart says Nick will be ineligible due to a specific state law.
California has a law called the "slayer statute" that explains if "you kill someone that you're going to inherit from, you lose your inheritance and any right to serve as a fiduciary of their estate."
Weissbart goes on to add that if Nick is convicted of his parents’ murders, he would lose all rights as a beneficiary as well as "any fiduciary appointments"—meaning he could not serve as an executor or trustee or have authority over financial, property, or legal decisions.
As the case remains ongoing and Nick has not been convicted, Weissbart explains that the law could still apply even without a criminal guilty verdict.
"I was looking at the statute, and it doesn't require an actual conviction. It requires a person who feloniously and intentionally killed the decedent. And so since the slayer statute is civil, arguably it could apply if the court determined that this person had committed this murder, even if, for some reason, the person could no longer be charged criminally — I don't think that's the case here," says Weissbart.
"What I would say is a felony conviction would be per se, [meaning] the slayer statute would apply, but it could arguably apply even if there was not yet a felony conviction."
According to Weissbart, Nick is still capable of seeing a legal document that reveals the details of the estate. If convicted, and Nick is ineligible to receive his inheritance, the estate will be equally divided amongst Reiner's three other children, Jack, Romy, and Tracy.
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