The $29 million estate of Liam Payne, the late One Direction singer who died after falling from a balcony at a Buenos Aires hotel in 2024, will go entirely to his son, according to court documents made public this week.
Payne, who made millions at a young age while performing with the wildly successful boy band, died in October 2024 with no will. Because he left no instructions for the handling of his estate, the total amount — recently listed as $28.9 million in the latest Letters of Administration, reflecting the settlement of further debts and costs — is being administered under British intestacy rules.
In May, the singer’s former partner, named Cheryl in court documents, was made administrator of his estate alongside attorney Richard Mark Bray. Payne and Cheryl shared a son, Bear, who was 8 years old at the time of his father’s death.
Court documents obtained via the British government’s probate search website show that the gross value of the One Direction star’s U.K. estate total was at $38 million with a net value coming down to approximately $32.2 million. Under U.K. law, the estate of a person who dies without a will passes to their lawful spouse, or, if they were not married, to their nearest blood relative — in Payne’s case, Bear Grey Payne.
