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Another legal battle is shaping up over the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints polygamy group, this time on the Utah-Arizona border.
The issue is whether FLDS people will be evicted from dozens of homes. Most of the properties in the FLDS community were placed under court control several years ago.
Starting as early as December 2007, court-appointed special fiduciary Bruce Wisan sent out notices to 57 residences to pay their $100 monthly assessments. "I've instructed my attorneys to start the legal process of eviction," he said.
Wisan says people living in the homes have not paid a dime in the last six months. He says the evictions won't happen overnight or immediately, but some folks will soon be forced out.
Meantime, the lawyer for the families is trying to keep them in their homes. Attorney Peter Stirba says Wison isn't doing his job, which he says is to protect the United Effort Plan Trust
Stirba says he hopes a restraining order he has filed is just the start. "It will continue with the hope that, ultimately, we can get a more rational administration, and have the administration of the plans be consistent with the religious purposes for which it was formed," he said.
Stirba says the restraining order stems from special assessments Wisan put in to effect earlier this year to help pay his company for doing their job.
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