sister wife Season 19 recently premiered, and one of the major plot points of the season is the Brown family’s large plot of land in Coyote Pass, Arizona, which has caused so much drama. The land was bought by polygamist patriarch Cody Brown and his four wives a few years ago. The multiple family members have big dreams, planning to build four separate homes on the land. The idea was that each woman would get a lot of land, and that their own children would build houses in Coyote Pass one day. The big dream was that the whole clan would be able to live together on the land and grow their own food. However, the family fell apart before they could break ground on the ground.
Cody had four wives and 18 children, so the family needed a lot of space. When the family was a little smaller, they all lived under one roof in a big house in Utah. However, for many years, they lived in four separate homes, and Cody traveled back and forth. Sometimes the houses were far from each other. Cody and his spouses Bought the land because they wanted to be closer togetherHowever, by the premiere of sister wife In season 19, three of Cody’s wives left the marriage. In many ways, the land has come to symbolize the dissolution of the Brown family, and here are 10 examples of the Coyote Pass drama that got out of hand.
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Janelle Brown threatened to “advocate up” over Coyote Pass Land
A complicated legal situation
sister wife Season 19 recently premiered, and the land in Coyote Pass is a central focus of the new season. During a recent episode, Cody’s second wife, 55-year-old Janelle Brown, talked about the complicated situation in which she finds herself when it comes to the country. Janelle left Cody in 2022, After 29 years of marriage and six children togetherAnd now she is lying with this parcel of land, which she should never be able to sell. As she explains during the episode, the note on the property is due in a few months, and Cody’s refusing to make a decision on whether he wants to keep the land.
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Janelle would love to sell her part of the land in Coyote Pass to Cody and walk away from the whole mess, but Cody wouldn’t tell her what he planned to do. He kept her out of the loop, that way She is thinking of getting a lawyer to protect her financial interests. The problem is complicated by the fact that Janelle was never legally married to Cody. Therefore, the sister wife Season 19 star has no legal claim on the property.
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Meri Brown addressed “inequality” of coyote strip plot sizes
Size matters
The Brown family lot in Coyote Pass, Arizona came in different sizes, which never made a lot of sense. It seemed like The lots should be of equal sizesSo that every woman can play equally. During a 2023 episode of Sister wives talk backCody’s first wife, 53-year-old Mary Brown, addressed the issue. During the TLC special, a fan asked, “Why are the coyote stripes so many different sizes?“
“It seems like the fair thing to do would be to make them all the same?”
In response to the fan’s question, Meri explained that The family bought the lots separately and these are the sizes they came in. Mary was the first of Cody’s wives, and married him in 1990. In 2022, Mary finally divorced Cody after 32 years of marriage and one child together.
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Cody Brown’s “Camelot” dream for coyote pass was over the top
He is no King Arthur
During an early episode of sister wife Season 19, Cody looked around at the empty land and lamented that his Camelot dreams were dead. Cody may not be willing to take responsibility for his multiple failures, but he can’t bring his vision to fruition because he never treats all his wives like queens. In fact, the sister wife Season 19 A member of the workshop drove away three of his four wives, and today he hardly even speaks to some of his grown children. He once imagined living on the Arizona property, surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren, like a king ruling over his greatness. and glorious kingdom. Instead, all he has left is his fourth wife, 45-year-old Robin Brown.
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Mary Brown said Cody’s division of Coyote Pass property was not “fair”
Adding insult to injury
Kody’s first wife, Meri, often complained about the fact that the Coyote Pass lot sizes were not equal. Mary was Resentment because her room was smaller Like some of the others. The rest of the family did not agree with Mary’s complaint about the matter, because they all thought that Mary needed less land than the other wives.
While Janelle and Christine Brown have six children each, and Robin has five, Mary only has one child, so she wouldn’t need as much land.
Although there was some logic in this, Mary felt like she was being punished for this fact She lived with infertility problems and was unable to have more children. Mary grew up in a polygamist family and always dreamed of a lot of kids. Therefore, they must have behaved like adding divorce to injury, they created a smaller piece of land.
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Six years passed and Cody never broke ground on the hallowed ground
Delay after delay
Cody bought the four lots of Arizona land for $820k in 2018. After six long years, they have yet to break ground on the land, which the family refers to as Coyote Pass. A big reason for the delay is probably financial, because building on the land would be expensive. The country has no existing infrastructure, so the Browns would have to build everything from the ground up. There is no plumbing or other basics. Apart from the financial challenges, Building on the land is also delayed by all the conflicts in the family. It also didn’t help that in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put the entire world on hold for several years. Kady’s plans for the country had to wait. At some point, the Browns may have to admit it was never meant to be.
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Janelle Brown squatted on coyote pass in an RV
Rolling it
Although the Brown family never broke ground in Coyote Pass, some of the Browns lived on the land for a short time. At one point, Janelle was renting a house in Arizona, but she needed to move. Not knowing when they would be able to build on the land, Janelle could not afford to buy another houseAnd she did not want to get involved in an expensive rent. Janelle decided to live in an RV on her Coyote Pass lot, along with her youngest child, Savannah Brown.
Janelle was excited about what she saw as a great adventure, and she really seemed to make the best of the situation.
Cody, on the other hand, was A city of skaters who were used to a certain luxurySo he hates living in the RV during his nights with Janelle. Living in an RV on an untouched piece of land wasn’t exactly what his Camelot dream was all about. Although the situation worked for a time, it was temporary, and ended when Janelle decided to stop waiting for Cody to build on the ground. He wanted to rent a house instead.
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Kody & Robyn listed their Arizona home for sale
Will they leave Arizona?
in August, E! Online reported that Cody and Robin put their nearby Flagstaff house on the market, listing it for $1.6 million. The Buying the house was a source of conflict in the familyWho didn’t feel that Kady should buy Robin the luxury home. One reason why this was controversial was the fact that some of the other wives were struggling financially.
At this point, the Browns have not filed any permits to build on the Coyote Pass land, so it is unclear where the Browns are planning to relocate to once their home sells.
Currently, Cody and Robin live in their big, expensive house with their five children. When Robin married Cody in 2010, she had three children from her first marriage. Cody adopted Dayton, Aurora and Breanna Brown in 2014. Since their marriage, Robin and Cody welcomed two children of their ownSolomon Brown and Ariel Brown.
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Janelle has financial problems because of Coyote Pass
Money matters
when sister wife As of 2010, Cody has three wives and 12 children. This was before he added a fourth wife and six more children to the mix. The family was so large that they could not find one house to accommodate them all, and always Need to pay for multiple homes. Although most of the Brown adults worked, Cody and Janelle were the main breadwinners of the family. Janelle made a good living working in real estate, but when it came time for her to buy a house recently, her money was tied up in Coyote Pass.
Instead of helping Yanelle buy a home, as he has done with other women over the years, Kady instead bought a large, expensive home for Robin and her five children.
Cody was able to buy Christine and only paid her $10 for her share, because ultimately she didn’t care about the money and just wanted to be free of Cody. The other women thought it was unfair Cody didn’t split Christine’s share with the rest of themKeeping it all to myself. It is unclear what will happen to Janelle and Meri’s share of the land in Coyote Pass. However, they both seem to have their finances in order after leaving the marriage.
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Building in Coyote Pass has been delayed because the property has not been paid off
They still owe $820,000
The main reason the family hasn’t built on Coyote Pass is that they don’t actually own the land yet. However, the details of Cody’s deal have always been somewhat unclear. During an early episode of sister wife Season 19, Janelle discusses the issue with her daughter, 28-year-old Madison Brown. She said they had to make a big payment of $820k in a few months, or risk losing the land forever. Adding to Janelle’s frustration is the fact that she has no idea what Cody is thinking, or if he plans to make the upcoming payment. for his part, Cody says he doesn’t talk to Janelle about his plans because he no longer trusts her. Cody has barely spoken to Janelle and Kristin since they walked out on him, and his communication with Meri hasn’t been very friendly.
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Coyote Pass drama may have destroyed the Brown family
It became a symbol
The undeveloped land of the Brown family in Coyote Pass, Arizona became a symbol of the dissolution of the Brown family. sister wife Season 19 opens with Cody standing on the vast expanse of undeveloped land and wondering where it all went wrong. If Cody wants to know exactly how his family was torn apart, He can always stream the first 18 seasons of the long-running unscripted series. It will have a full accounting of all the family’s many mistakes. The land struggle led to resentment, jealousy, and unfulfilled expectations. Not only did the land cause conflict in the family, it led to unhealthy family dynamics and terrible conversations about money. If the Browns had never bought the land, they would probably still be falling apart, but maybe it wouldn’t be so ugly.
Mrs |
Age |
Married |
Divorced |
Children |
Mary Brown |
53 |
1990 |
2022 |
1 |
Janelle Brown |
55 |
1993 |
2022 |
6 (1 deceased) |
Christine Brown |
52 |
1994 |
2021 |
6 |
Robin Brown |
45 |
2010 |
— |
5 (3 from previous marriage) |
sister wife Season 19 airs Sunday nights at 10pm on TLC.
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