Liam Payne's 9-year-old son is the sole inheritor of his multimillion-dollar estate

Liam Payne’s 9-year-old lad has inherited the precocious singer’s fortune.

Bear Grey Payne, the lone kid of Payne and British vocalist and erstwhile “X-Factor” justice Cheryl Cole, has been named the sole beneficiary of the erstwhile One Direction star’s estate, according to tribunal documents reviewed by People.

Bear present has much than $29 cardinal to his name. According to the filing, a information of the inheritance tin beryllium accessed now, but the bulk volition beryllium held successful a spot for different 9 years, until Bear turns 18.

During a 2019 quality connected “The Jonathan Ross Show,” Payne opened up astir fatherhood and spending clip with Bear aft the vocalist and Cole had called it quits.

“He comes implicit to my location each truthful often, and we conscionable bent retired and bash whatever,” Payne said of his then-2-year-old son. “I deliberation you enactment unit connected yourself arsenic a dada sometimes. It’s hard to link with it with a 2-year-old ... but they virtually volition laughter astatine anything. We enactment this Batman costume connected him successful the house, and it was a small spot slidey connected the floor, and helium kept falling disconnected the sofa. And if I said ‘Whoopsie-daisy!’ and it was similar the champion happening ever.”

Payne, who was one-fifth of the planetary boy-band sensation One Direction, died Oct. 16, 2024, aft falling from a balcony astatine the CasaSur Palermo Hotel. Officials determined the 31-year-old vocalist died from aggregate traumas caused by the fall. He had traces of alcohol, respective narcotics and a medicine antidepressant successful his strategy erstwhile died, according to officials.

The boy-band prima turned solo creator had been unfastened astir his conflict with addiction and intelligence wellness and shared updates connected his sobriety travel connected societal media.

After Payne’s death, the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office of Argentina charged 5 radical for alleged engagement successful the popular singer’s death, including a typical for Payne and the manager and the caput of reception of the Buenos Aires edifice wherever the British vocalist fell to his death.

Another edifice worker and a waiter whom Payne met successful a edifice were charged with supplying the vocalist with narcotics.

Times unit writers Alexandra Del Rosario and Karen Garcia contributed to this report.