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The Utah attorney general’s office has filed a settlement proposal to end the dispute over a $114 million property trust once run by polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs.
As outlined in a letter of intent, the proposal returns control of most of the trust holdings to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
An arm of the church, the United Effort Plan Trust holds most of the land and homes in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., the twin towns where most church members live, and a church enclave in Bountiful, British Columbia.
The Utah courts seized the communal trust in 2005 after allegations of mismanagement by Jeffs. Under the oversight of a court-appointed fiduciary, the communal religious trust has been converted into a secular entity.
Settlement talks — between the attorneys general of Utah and Arizona, the FLDS and a court-appointed fiduciary — began last November when a trio of church members filed a lawsuit to stop the sale of land in Arizona that was set aside for a temple.
The letter filed in 3rd District Court late Monday seeks to accommodate the needs of both current and former church members who have contributed assets to the trust. The letter is only a framework for a settlement that must ultimately approved by 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg.
Anyone with an interest in the UEP has until June 30 to submit comments on the proposal to the court.
Source/Full Story: Dallas Morning News
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What an opportunity for any and all former church members and their descendants! Let’s open up EVERY church that has any holdings AT ALL, EVERYWHERE, to the possibility of ownership of its assets! No holds barred! EQUAL RIGHTS to members and non-members! And lest anyone think it an anti-religion stratagem, let’s move on the private clubs and other membership entities–think of the myriad possibilities!!!!!!!!!(????????)