How much will Liam Payne’s son inherit from former One Direction singer?

Liam Payne’s seven-year-old son, Bear, is poised to inherit a multi-million-pound fortune in the wake of the singer’s death.

What was Liam Payne’s net worth?

According to the UK newspaper the Daily Mail, Payne had amassed wealth of around £30 million ($39 million) as a result of his music career, as well as investments he had made before he died aged 31 this week. The Wolverhampton native’s eight-figure net worth also includes a mansion in Buckinghamshire, UK.

Given his young age, Bear won’t have access to his father’s fortune for now. His mother, the former Girls Aloud singer now known mononymously as Cheryl, will manage her son’s inheritance until he turns 18.

Bear was born in March 2017, a year before Payne and Cheryl announced their split after two years together. Despite their separation, both parents had on several occasions publicly stated their commitment to raising Bear together and maintaining an amicable relationship for their son’s benefit.

Payne killed by balcony fall in Argentina

Best known as a former member of the successful boy band One Direction, Payne died on Wednesday, after falling from a third-floor balcony at his hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A preliminary autopsy report released by the Argentinian prosecutor’s office has confirmed that Payne was under the influence of “alcohol and narcotics” at the time of the accident, noting that he died from “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding”.