Burt Reynolds’ passing has left his family distraught.  The Hollywood legend left also his only kid out of his will – but for a good reason!

According to TMZ, Reynolds wrote his will in October 2011 and named his niece Nancy Lee Brown Hess as personal representative of his whole estate.

The Smokey and the Bandit singer did not make the surprising decision to exclude his 30-year-old son, Quinton, from his will in order to keep his millions away from him. Rather, Reynolds apparently established a trust for Quinton years before his death, and the funds from that trust will be distributed to his son. “I intentionally omit (Quinton) from this, my Last Will and Testament, as I have provided for him during my lifetime in my Declaration of Trust,” Reynolds declared in his will, according to AOL.

According to documents acquired by The Blast, Reynolds briefly indicated in his will that he had made provisions in his trust for 30-year-old Quinton.

Burt’s son, who he had with Loni Anderson, 73, will most likely escape paying estate taxes after receiving any of his father’s riches (he was reputedly worth $5 million at the time of his death, according to People).

Five million dollars may seem a little low for a guy of Burt’s talent, especially given his roles in films such as The Longest Yard, Hooper, The Cannonball Run, and Boogie Nights. However, as he admitted to Vanity Fair in 2015, he wasn’t very effective at handling his money. “I’ve lost more money than is possible because I just haven’t watched it,” Burt said. “I’ve still done well in terms of owning property and things like that. But I haven’t been somebody who’s been smart about his money. There are a couple of actors who are quite brilliant with the way they’ve handled their money. But they’re not very good actors.”

Reynolds died of a heart attack on September 6, at the age of 82.

Anderson honored the “Smokey and the Bandit” star lovingly in a statement to Fox News, praising his “great laugh.”

“Burt was a wonderful director and actor. He was a big part of my life for 12 years and Quinton’s father for 30 years. We will miss him and his great laugh,” the statement read.

Reynolds’ will is “effectively a hollow document,” according to the celebrity gossip publication, because the trust includes all of the actor’s property. Whatever possessions were not in the trust will be handled under Reynolds’ will, which was written in October 2011.

More than 20 years ago, Quinton Reynolds was at the heart of one of the most acrimonious divorces in celebrity history: his parents, Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, divorced in 1993.

In 1988, the couple married in a discreet but opulent wedding on Reynolds’ Florida property. Reynolds was 52 years old, while Anderson was 41 years old. According to Entertainment Tonight, Reynolds lavished his new wife with diamonds, artworks, and furs. They quickly adopted Quinton, announcing his arrival with a birth announcement in the Palm Beach Post.

However, the marriage barely lasted six years.

Before his death, Burt expressed his undying love for his son, referring to Quinton as his “greatest achievement.” Quinton is “a wonderful young man and is now working as a camera assistant in Hollywood,” he told Closer Weekly. “He never asked for any help with his career, he did it all himself, and I’m so proud of him. I love him very much.”