Disowning an adult child

If a business owner legally disowns and/or disinherits his adult son, would his son still be considered a Highly Compensated Employee?  The son has no direct ownership of the company and is well under the compensation threshold. 

Yes, still HCE, there is no legal requirement to provide an inheritance and once an adult there is nothing for the parent to dis from owning, i.e., no support obligation. Allowing this situation to make the son an NHCE would simply create all sorts of potential abuse, which is questionable here in my mind - if relationship is that strained, why is son still working for parent?

3 hours ago, CuseFan said:

Yes, still HCE, there is no legal requirement to provide an inheritance and once an adult there is nothing for the parent to dis from owning, i.e., no support obligation. Allowing this situation to make the son an NHCE would simply create all sorts of potential abuse, which is questionable here in my mind - if relationship is that strained, why is son still working for parent?

I can tell you I have a couple of situations where the father and son just hate each other; the father owns 100% of the business and the son thinks HE owns the business.   Not a fun situation for meetings with the two of them. I keep asking the same question: why not fire the son?  But I know the answer: because he's my son!!!! Sheesh!!!!

19 hours ago, Larry Starr said:

I can tell you I have a couple of situations where the father and son just hate each other; the father owns 100% of the business and the son thinks HE owns the business.   Not a fun situation for meetings with the two of them. I keep asking the same question: why not fire the son?  But I know the answer: because he's my son!!!! Sheesh!!!!

Truth is stranger than fiction, for sure, and I bet there have been a lot of "interesting" stories arising out of that situation.