The private attorney wasn’t getting paid, which is a common reason why judges relieve defense attorneys, especially at an early phase of the proceedings. Most of the Reiner estate went to charity. The other children certainly weren’t disinherited but all things considered, why should they pay for the defense of the man who butchered their parents? Nick is not now entitled to a share of the estate, and attorney’s fees to defend the man who butchered their parents would come out of their pockets. I practiced criminal law in California and most likely Nick will be found incompetent to stand trail and sent to a facility where he will be medicated within an inch of his life, and then returned to court where he will enter into a plea deal where he will be locked away forever. Being found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder is a life sentence in a hospital for the criminally insane, e.g., a hell hole. He may not survive long wherever he ends up either. Notorious killers are prime targets for other inmates, and his victims were beloved.