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Article: Deadline today for resolving FLDS Church land fight

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June 15, 2009
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Despite some 40 hours of negotiations, it's unlikely a full settlement can be reached today in a dispute over a land trust once run by polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs, said Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff.

The $114 million communal property trust is an arm of the Fundamentalist LDS Church. It holds most of the land and homes in Hildale, Utah; Colorado City, Ariz.; and a church enclave in Bountiful, British Columbia.

The Utah courts took control of the UEP in 2005 after allegations of mismanagement by Jeffs, who was then on the run from criminal charges in Utah and Arizona.

A proposed settlement is due today to a 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg, who ultimately will decide ...

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