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The proposed July 21 hearing to consider new trustees for the United Effort Plan Trust has been postponed after the judge recused himself from the case. Judge Constandinos "Deno" Himonas withdrew because his former law firm, Jones, Waldo, Holbrook and McDonough, offered to represent a proposed trustee.
The case has now been assigned to Judge Denise Lindberg. The hearing was scheduled for July 21 but Judge Lindberg was unavailable on that date and a new hearing date will be set. Last month a judge removed the current trustees after the Attorney General's Office raised concerns that the trust was not being protected against pending lawsuits. The trust property at risk includes the homes and property of residents living in Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona. On Friday, Assistant Attorney General Timothy Bodily went to Colorado City to meet with residents and other interested parties to explain what was happening with the trust. During the meeting, Bodily emphasized that the Utah Attorney General's Office will not propose or endorse any individual as a trustee. Presently, the Attorney General's Office is aware of four petitions proposing trustees. A "Notice of Interested Parties and Response to Petitions" was filed by Richard Jessop Ream, Thomas Samuel Steed, Don Ronald Fischer, Dean Joseph Barlow, Walter Scott Fischer, Richard Gilbert and Brent Jeffs that proposes Lee Van Dam, Carolyn Jessop, Winston Blackmore, Don Timpson, Rayo S. Johnson, Roger Williams, John Nielsen and Margaret Cook. Also, Richard L. Holm, John W. Nielson and Merril T. Stubbs have filed a "Private Beneficiaries Notices of Proposed Trustees" proposing the same trustees, plus Richard L. Holm, George R. Hammon and Merrill J. Harker. A third petition was filed by Donald B. Cox and James M. Pipkin proposing Robert Huddleston, Gregory Kemp and Craig Booth as trustees. Finally, a "Notice of Interested Parties" was also filed by Linda Walker, Flora Mae Jessop, Rowenna Erickson, Heidi Miller, under the common affiliation known as Child Protection Project, naming Pam Black, Laurene Cooke Jessop, Janet Johanson, Flora Mae Jessop, Tracy Barlow, Carl John Holm, Ward H. Jeffs, Linda Binder and Buster Johnson. Interested parties can object to these or any other proposed trustees at or prior to the hearing. | ||
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attorneygeneral.utah.gov Originally published July 14, 2005 | ||
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