Burt Reynolds's 2018 will named his son Quinton as intentionally omitted and routed his assets through a trust run by his niece

Burt Reynolds earned as much as $10 million a year at his peak, invested in restaurant chains that failed and filed for personal bankruptcy in 1996^†. After he died, TMZ reported on 17 September 2018 that his will states his son, Quinton Reynolds, then 30, is "intentionally omitted from the will." The will explains that he provided for Quinton in his lifetime through a Declaration of Trust, quoted by a law firm as "I intentionally omit him from this, my Last Will and Testament." Reynolds's niece, Nancy Lee Brown Hess, was named personal representative and trustee. Quinton, a trust beneficiary, was not. TMZ reported that all of Reynolds's assets are in the trust and that the will pours any other assets into it. The trust is not public, so Quinton's share was never disclosed. An estate figure of $5 million is given by one law blog^†. A will that omits a child by name while a trust provides for him is not a disinheritance, and no contest was found^†.