Nick Reiner Asked A Judge For $1.5 Million — And Soap
About this episode
This episode discusses the legal intricacies of Nick Reiner's probate petition for trust assets amidst his murder trial.
The latest Nick Reiner trial development arrived in the form of a probate petition — 136 pages requesting the release of more than $1.5 million in trust assets, and, in the same filing, modest distributions so the petitioner can purchase socks and personal hygiene items at the jail commissary, where spending is capped at $300. That juxtaposition is deliberate, and in this episode, defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis explains precisely what it accomplishes. The filing, submitted on behalf of Nick Reiner — who has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner — asserts that the trust his parents established at his birth mandated distribution of half its assets at age thirty and the remainder at thirty-five, describing those terms as "mandatory and unconditional." Faddis conducts a methodical review of the petition's legal architecture. He assesses the enforceability of mandatory-distribution language under California trust law, the significance of the undisputed timeline — Nick reached the age-thirty trigger more than two years before his parents' deaths and, per the filing, received nothing — and the…
People in this episode
Guest: Eric Faddis
Topics covered
- legal proceedings
- trust law
- murder trial
- defense strategy
- probate petition
Keywords
- Nick Reiner
- probate petition
- trust assets
- first-degree murder
- California trust law
- defense attorney
- legal architecture
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Organizations: California
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