Nick Reiner is demanding a share of the inheritance left behind by the parents he is accused of brutally stabbing to death, arguing he needs the money to fund his commissary account and legal defense while awaiting trial behind bars.
In December 2025, acclaimed filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, joined long‑time friends and respected figures from film and television for a private holiday celebration hosted by Conan O’Brien.
The couple’s youngest son, Nick, tagged along to the party with his parents, whose home he was sharing at the time.
Hours after the party ended, Singer and the Hollywood icon were found stabbed to death in their $20 million Los Angeles home.
Nick was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and as he waits for trial in his parents’ deaths, a separate fight has emerged over money they allegedly set aside for him years earlier.
‘Nick’s Trust’
Court documents obtained by People say Rob and Michele established separate trusts for each of their children, including Nick, Jake, 35, and Romy, 28.
Reiner, best known for directing classics including When Harry Met Sally, Stand by Me and The Princess Bride, also adopted Tracy, the 61-year-old daughter of actress Penny Marshall, during his first marriage.
Among those family trusts was one created exclusively for Nick, referred to in court documents as “Nick’s Trust” – a “smaller, separate trust for his individual benefit.”
Nick’s attorneys insist the fight over the trust is a separate matter from the murder charges he faces.
“Nick loved his parents, and he is devastated by their deaths,” the filing states. “But the facts about what did and did not happen to them are not at issue in this Trust litigation.”
The filing claims Rob and Michele
Cash for commissary
According to documents, Nick – now 32 – was to receive one-half of the trust “outright when he turned 30,” while the remainder would be provided when he turned 35.
Nick’s legal team claims the trust is worth more than $1.5 million, but says he has been kept in the dark about its full value and denied access to money he believes should already have been distributed.
The accused killer insists he should have $750,000 of the estimated $1.5 million trust, “so that he can buy basic support items while incarcerated (e.g., socks and personal hygiene items like soap) within the low spending limits imposed by the jail.”
His attorneys argue the “distributions are non-discretionary” and cannot be withheld based on subjective concerns about how he might use the money.
“The trust does not authorize the Trustee to condition these distribution points on any subjective assessment by the Trustee as to Nick’s intended use of those funds,” the petition said, claiming it is an “abuse of the Trustee’s discretion to refuse those requests” because no “use of his funds could be more important.”
“The stakes for Nick could not be higher,” the filing states.
‘Insufficient competency’
His attorneys say repeated attempts to resolve the issue have gone nowhere, accusing the trustee of offering a “shifting series of excuses and justifications,” including “concerns” about Nick’s competency as being “insufficient.”
However, the man’s attorneys argue the trust cannot simply be frozen because of suspicions over his lack of competency. They contend the trust is “irrevocable” and that while the trustee may “modify the manner of distribution to an incompetent beneficiary,” it does not have the authority to withhold the funds altogether.
In addition, the petition states, “there is no judicial declaration that Nick is incompetent, nor has he been determined to lack capacity by the written statement of two licensed physicians.”
‘Time is of the essence’
Reiner was initially represented by attorney Alan Jackson, but the petition claims Jackson withdrew after money from the trust or family trusts was not made available.
TMZ reports that Nick urged the trustee to act quickly, warning that “time is of the essence.” In court filings, he argued he needed the funds to keep attorney Alan Jackson on the case and avoid “further jeopardizing my defense in the criminal matter,” while claiming his efforts to access the trust had been “met only with delay and inaction.”
He is now represented by public defender Kimberly Greene.
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