Redistribution of homes begins in polygamous sect
Source: Associated Press
Redistribution of homes begins in polygamous sect
By BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Press | November 21, 2014 | Updated: November 21, 2014 12:16pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Deeds to two dozen of the 750 homes in Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect that have been tied up for nine years in state-run trust have been handed over to families.
It marks a small but significant first step toward the redistribution of more than $100 million in properties on the Utah-Arizona border. The homes have been in state control since 2005 due to allegations of mismanagement by Jeffs and other sect leaders.
Val Oveson, a spokesman for officials appointed by a Utah judge to oversee the trust, said Friday that most of the 24 families in Hildale, Utah paid between $5,000-$10,000 for the land, closing costs and any unpaid occupancy fees.
Since the trust was created by the fundamentalist Mormon sect in 1942, the homes have belonged to church leaders and nobody was given deeds.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Redistribution-of-homes-begins-in-polygamous-sect-5909217.php
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(10,597 posts)... continue this until the houses/properties are all redistributed. If anything is left over, divide it and dish it out evenly. Then be done with it once and for all. And I hope Utah has a law set up to prevent this from ever happening again. Thanks, Judi Lynn.
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(1 post)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)Predators or parasites, all.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)The homes have belonged to a collective cult since the beginning. They are now being given to individuals.