Category: Cases
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Kathrine Nichols v. The Order: Court Order Entered, New Motions to Dismiss
The court entered an order on August 20, 2026, addressing the pending motions in Kathrine Nichols’s federal lawsuit, and new motions to dismiss were filed in September, October and November.
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Grant v. Kingston: Where the Case Stands — October 2026
In October 2026, defendants filed their final replies supporting motions to dismiss the plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint, and the plaintiffs opposed a motion for partial summary judgment.
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Kathrine Nichols v. The Order: Where the Case Stands — October 2026
Defendants have moved to dismiss Kathrine Nichols’s federal lawsuit, and she has asked the court for permission to file a second amended complaint.
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Elizabeth Roundy — Missing Children (Against FLDS Members)
Elizabeth Roundy — Missing Children Active Legal Proceedings · FLDS · Child Missing Since January 1, 2023 Elizabeth Roundy left the FLDS Church in 2014 and moved to Idaho with her daughter. Her husband — who had himself been expelled from the FLDS in 2012 — remained a follower of the faith. On January 1,…
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Lorraine Jessop — Missing Children (Against FLDS Members)
Lorraine Jessop — Missing Children Active Legal Proceedings · FLDS · Three Children Missing Since February 4, 2023 Lorraine Jessop left the FLDS Church in 2020 and, after a difficult legal process, obtained sole custody of her three youngest children. On February 4, 2023, she checked on them at midnight and found her daughter awake.…
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Sarah Johnson — Missing Child (Against an FLDS Member)
Sarah Johnson — Missing Child Active Legal Proceedings · FLDS · Child Missing Since March 9, 2021 Sarah Johnson grew up in the FLDS Church and left the faith as an adult. She has described leaving as “jumping off a cliff and not knowing if your parachute’s going to open.” Her son has been missing…
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Shirlyn Watson v. David Watson — Housing and Property Rights for a Former Plural Wife
Shirlyn Watson v. David Watson Utah State Court · Active Litigation · Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) Shirlyn Watson founded Shirlyn’s Natural Foods, a well-known Utah grocery chain with multiple locations in Salt Lake County. She married David Watson — who would later become the prophet and leader of the AUB — in 1973 through a…
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Jenny Kingston — Divorce and Custody
Jenny Kingston — Divorce and Custody State Court, Salt Lake County, Utah · Part of the 2022 Litigation Jenny Kingston was raised inside the Order and, as a young woman, was placed in an arranged marriage to Jacob Daniel Kingston Jr. — a marriage she resisted. When she refused sexual relations with her husband, court…
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Kathrine Nichols — Annulment and Custody: Reclaiming Her Family
Alongside her federal trafficking case, Kathrine Nichols is pursuing annulment and custody proceedings against her ex-husband, her uncle Daniel Charles Kingston. The JPA supports both dimensions of her fight for freedom
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Kathrine Nichols v. The Order: A Summary of Alleged Misconduct
Alleged coercion, sexual abuse, and trafficking described in Kathrine Nichols’s federal civil lawsuit, with attributed claims, source links, and DCCS’s published response.