This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2010, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
An Arizona judge has refused to dismiss a trespassing case against the man providing court oversight of a polygamous sect's trust.
Bruce R. Wisan, the special fiduciary in charge of the United Effort Plan Trust, is now scheduled to go to trial Dec. 16-17 in the Moccasin Consolidated Court.
The trust holds nearly all property in the twin towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. — home to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Wisan has been accused of authorizing Isaac Wyler, a former FLDS member, to break into and change locks on homes occupied by FLDS members in Colorado City. Jethrow Barlow, an ex-FLDS member who works for Wisan, faces the same charge.
Wyler has already been convicted of criminal trespass. In the order handed down Oct. 25, Judge Pro Tem Paul Julien ruled Wyler's testimony would be admissible in Wisan's trial.
Wisan has argued he is innocent because he had a "claim of rights" over all property in the trust, which he has overseen since 2005. A judge appointed Wisan to manage the trust after it was targeted in a lawsuit with allegations of mismanagement.