Nick Reiner is seeking access to the trust fund his late parents Rob Reinder and Michele Singer Reiner set up in his name.

The 32 year old - who is accused of murdering the couple in December 2025 - has filed a petition in California seeking access to the $1.5 million sum in his name in order to help cover the costs of a lawyer.

A probate petition filed on Monday (08.06.26) and obtained by People magazine stated: "Nick loved his parents, and he is devastated by their deaths.

"But the facts about what did and did not happen to them are not at issue in this Trust litigation."

The petition explained Rob and Michele had established a "smaller, separate trust for his individual benefit", referred to as "Nick's Trust", as they did for their two other children, Jake and Romy.

One half of the trust was required to be given to Nick "outright when he turned 30", ad he would receive the remainder when he turned 35.

But the petition claimed he hasn't received the first sum of money, and hasn't been informed of the total amount in the trust, which the petition claims is in excess of $1.5 million, despite "months of repeated inquiries" to the trustee.

The documents alleged the trustee has "offered a shifting series of excuses and justifications," including "unsubstantiated 'concerns' about Nick's so-called competence to 'manage a trust.' "

The petition demands the first half of the trust payment be released so Nick can cover legal expenses and also be put into his commissary account "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."

The petition argued: "These distributions are non-discretionary. The trust does not authorise the Trustee to condition these distribution points on any subjective assessment by the Trustee as to Nick's intended use of those funds."

It also claims that because the trust is "irrevocable," the trustee is not authorised to withhold funds from any beneficiary deemed to be incompetent, but that the trustee may "modify the manner of distribution to an incompetent beneficiary."

The documents insisted the trustee's "concerns" about Nick's capacity are "insufficient" because "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."

Instead, the petition argues that it is an "abuse of the Trustee's discretion to refuse those requests" as no "use of his funds could be more important" than Nick's "current circumstances".

The petition claimed he has been unable to pay for "basic necessities" in prison, or for legal counsel, and added: "The stakes for Nick could not be higher."

Nick is currently represented by a public defender named Kimberly Greene because his previous attorney Alan Jackson - who was receiving payment negotiated by "Nick's siblings on his behalf" - was "forced to withdraw because funds were not made available from this Trust or the Reiner family trusts."

In a declaration included with the request, Alan declared he is "committed to representing" Nick and "willing to consider reasonable alternatives to the original fee arrangement."

Nick - who has struggled with drug addiction for years and has been in and out of rehabilitation facilities - has pleaded not guilty to his parents' murders.