The Inheritance Question Nobody's Asking: Could Nick Reiner Get $50 Million From Rob and Michele Reiner's Estate?

We've covered every angle of this case — the crime, the mental health history, the defense strategy, the conservatorship failures. But there's one dimension almost nobody is discussing: money.

Rob and Michele Reiner built a $200 million estate over sixty years in Hollywood. Castle Rock Entertainment. The Princess Bride. When Harry Met Sally. Seinfeld. The Shawshank Redemption. Malibu real estate. The Brentwood home where they died. Four children were presumably set to inherit.

California's Slayer Statute is supposed to prevent killers from profiting. But the statute requires proof that the killing was "felonious AND intentional." An insanity verdict negates intent. And there's precedent.

In 1979, the California Court of Appeal ruled in Estate of Ladd that a mother found not guilty by reason of insanity could inherit from the sons she killed. The NGRI verdict meant she wasn't "convicted." The insanity finding meant she didn't act "intentionally" under the law. She inherited their money. That case has never been overruled.

If Nick Reiner is found NGRI — which is the expected defense — he may still be entitled to his share of the estate. Potentially $50 million or more.

The only way to block it? Jake and Romy would have to sue their brother in probate court. They'd carry the burden of proof. They'd argue against an NGRI verdict. They'd relive everything.

This is the impossible position the law creates. The financial incentive behind the insanity defense. And the question the Reiner family will eventually have to answer: Do you let your brother inherit from the parents he allegedly killed?

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