Nick Reiner Demands Trust Fund Left by Murdered Parents Rob and Michele, Former Lawyer Speaks Out After Quitting

Nick Reiner is seeking access to a trust fund set up by his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, as he faces a murder case in California. According to a probate petition filed Monday and reported by People, Reiner says he needs the money to pay for his legal defense and basic expenses while incarcerated. He has been in jail since being accused of killing his parents in December 2025.

The petition says Reiner’s parents created a separate trust, called “Nick’s Trust,” for their children, including Nick, Jake, and Romy. Under the trust terms, Nick was expected to receive half of his share at age 30 and the rest at age 35. He is now 32 and claims he has not received any of the funds. The filing says the trust is believed to hold more than $1.5 million, but Reiner says he has not been told the total amount or given access to his distribution.

Reiner alleges that repeated requests to the trustee were met with changing explanations, including concerns about his ability to manage the money. His legal filing argues that the trust distributions are mandatory and cannot be blocked based on the trustee’s personal judgment about how he might use the funds. It also says the trust is irrevocable and that a trustee may change the way money is distributed to a beneficiary only if that person is legally deemed incompetent, not simply because of concerns.

The petition states that Reiner has not been declared incompetent by a court and has not been found to lack capacity by two licensed physicians, which he says makes the trustee’s refusal improper. His filing argues that his current situation makes access to the money especially urgent because he needs it for legal representation and for commissary items such as socks and soap while in jail.

The documents also say Reiner first hired attorney Alan Jackson after family members negotiated payment on his behalf, but Jackson later withdrew because the funds were not released from the trust or other family trusts. Reiner is now represented by public defender Kimberly Greene.

Jackson also filed a declaration saying he was contacted immediately after Reiner’s arrest because the family needed urgent defense help. He said he began working on the case based on assurances from family members, including Jake and Romy, that funding would be provided. Jackson stated that his firm devoted significant time and resources to the matter, but the anticipated payments never arrived. He said he would not have taken on the work without those assurances and withdrew after being told in late December that the money would not be provided.

Despite stepping back, Jackson said he remains open to representing Reiner if a reasonable alternative payment arrangement can be reached. The trust dispute now adds another layer to a case already drawing intense attention because of the murder allegations and the family’s legal and financial conflict.