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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah judge has scheduled a hearing to consider whether to allow the sale of a 438-acre parcel of land where a southern Utah-based polygamous church had planned to build a temple.
Known as Berry Knoll, the land is part of the United Effort Plan Trust, a communal land trust tied to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The trust has been under court control since 2005.
A court-appointed accountant wants to sell the northern Arizona land to pay off debt. A hearing is set for Wednesday in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City.
Church members oppose the sale and sued last year to stop it. A stay of the sale was lifted last week when a judge rejected a settlement proposal that would have returned the majority of trust assets to the church.
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