“This is a legal consultation.

We can arrange it around their plans.”

That was the first sensible boundary anyone in the Reynolds family had proposed.

The attorney, Samuel Pierce, met us in a modest office several miles from the estate.

He was careful not to promise an outcome before reviewing the controlling documents.

“General Reynolds created a family trust years ago,” he explained.

“He later signed an amendment concerning the interests of acknowledged descendants.

The wording also addresses a situation where a family member knowingly misrepresents the existence of children.