The UEP is falling on hard times. The trust has less than $10,000 in its operating account, Wisan said. He and his lawyers haven't been paid for their services since last year. The sale of the dairy farm would be a much-needed cash infusion.

An exasperated Lindberg said the court and the fiduciary have done everything they could do to reach out to the communities. The problem is, no one cooperates or responds and sometimes undermines what they are trying to do.

"We're having to spend money. The reason why is we're not getting assistance from the people it benefits," she said.

"How do you expect the FLDS people to understand when it's just Warren Jeffs all over again?" Patrick Pipkin asked her.

"There's going to have to be a leap of faith," Lindberg replied.

In 2005, the courts took control of the UEP Trust over allegations that Jeffs and other FLDS leaders mismanaged it. The UEP Trust, based on the early Mormon concept of a "united order," controls homes, businesses and property in the FLDS enclaves. Since then, Wisan has been trying to reform the trust, collect taxes and subdivide the land, bringing private property ownership to the communities.

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