Rob Reiner’s son Nick could be ineligible for inheritance

December 18, 2025 by Nadia

On Tuesday, L.A. County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that the 32-year-old is accused of killing his parents “approximately the early morning hours” of December. 14.

“Today, I’m here to announce that our office will be filing charges against Nick Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and photographer-producer Michel Singer Reiner,” Hochman said.

“These charges will be two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders. He also faces a special allegation that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, that being a knife.”

He continued, “In approximately the early morning hours of December 14, Reiner is accused of fatally stabbing Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, at their home in the 200 block of South Chadbourne Avenue in Brentwood. Nick Reiner fled but was arrested hours later that evening in Exposition Park.”

Rob Reiner – net worth, will, inheritance

Nick Reiner is being held without bond. Rob and Michele share three children: sons Nick and Jake, and daughter Romy. The director also adopted another daughter, Tracy, from his first marriage to Penny Marshall.

Rob Reiner’s net worth at the time of his death was $200 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. As both he and Michele are now dead, their children will most likely inherit their parents’ fortune. But what happens to Nick’s share?

Speaking with People Magazine, estate and trusts attorney Sean Weissbart, a partner at Blank Rome LLP who is not connected to the case, said the 32-year-old, who is charged with killing his parents, will become ineligible to inherit from his parents’ estate if he is convicted of the crime, per a particular state law.

“California has what’s called a slayer statute, which says 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. So assuming he’s convicted of this murder, he’s out as beneficiary, along with any fiduciary appointments he may have,” Weissbart told People, adding that a fiduciary appointment is “an executor, a trustee, [or] if they died without a will, which is probably unlikely, an administrator.”

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