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Utah judge OKs board for polygamous sect’s lands

By Brady McCombs
Published March 6, 2013 5:00am ET
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Utah judge OKs board for polygamous sect’s lands
Assistant Utah Attorney's General Joni Jones, left, and David Wolf, right, arrive to court Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Salt Lake City. A 3rd District Judge has given initial approval for the eventual creation of a board of trustees to take over homes and property belonging to a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs on the Utah-Arizona border. Judge Denise Lindberg approved the plan during a hearing Tuesday morning in Salt Lake City. Her approval is not a final decision, but rather permission to explore this option. Any action is pending the Utah legislature paying $5.7 million it owes in professional fees to a trust created in 2005 to handle the properties. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) | Rick Bowmer

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The resolution of a lengthy legal battle over homes and land owned by a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs crept forward Tuesday, when a Utah judge gave initial approval for the creation of a trustees board to oversee the properties on the Utah-Arizona border.

Utah 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg approved the proposal, which now goes to Utah legislature.

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