India, May 8 -- Seven months after former One Direction singer Liam Payne's tragic death, his former partner Cheryl has been named an administrator of his multimillion-dollar estate. According to a report by People magazine, court documents issued last week state that Cheryl and attorney Richard Mark Bray have been appointed to manage the estate, which has a net value of approximately $32.2 million and a gross value of around $38 million in the UK.

Cheryl, 41, shares an 8-year-old son, Bear, with Liam. The couple dated between 2016 and 2018 and welcomed their son in 2017. Liam died in October after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina. He did not leave behind a will.

Under UK law, when someone dies without a will, the estate typica...