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A Utah judge has set an August 4 hearing date to consider new trustees for the United Effort Plan Trust. Third District Judge Denise Lindberg also set the parameters concerning who can be considered as an "interested party" to propose trustees.
Judge Lindberg said the interested parties include: (1) The Corporation of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS Church); (2) the recently removed UEP trustees; (3) the Attorneys General of Utah and Arizona; and (4) all UEP beneficiaries, including those who have filed lawsuits against the trust. The judge said the beneficiaries include anyone who has "consecrated time, talents or resources to UEP." The current UEP trustees were removed last month after the Attorneys General of Utah and Arizona raised concerns that the trust was not being protected against pending lawsuits and that the homes and property of residents living in Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona may be at risk. The judge also declined to consider a petition filed by the Child Protection Project, a California-based group that described itself in court papers as a tax-exempt organization "dedicated to stopping the institutionalized abuse of children in quasi-religious groups." However, Judge Lindberg said she would consider Janet Ellen Johanson's affidavit, written in support of the Child Protection Project, because Johanson has donated time and money to the UEP Trust. The judge said all of the defined interested parties could file a petition with the court to nominate trustees or explain their support or opposition to other proposed trustees. The public can see the judge's "Minute Entry and Notice of Hearing" and other court documents related to the UEP Trust by going to this link to the Attorney General's Web site. What: Hearing to consider new trustees for the UEP Trust When: 1:30 p.m., Thursday, August 4, 2005 Where: Judge Denise Lindberg, Matheson Courthouse, 450 South State, Salt Lake City, Utah | ||
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attorneygeneral.utah.gov Originally published July 19, 2005 | ||
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