As a member of the Apostolic United Brethren church, which follows most Mormon teachings, she believes in a " pre-life ," or pre-mortality where all humans lived with God as spirit-children. According to Mormons, the people who choose to follow God are allowed to be birthed into a mortal body. Beliefs like this shape much of Robyn's life. Robyn grew up in Utah and married David Preston Jessop, who came from a prominent polygamist family.
They got married in June and their first child was born six months later, in January of He was named after his father but now goes by Dayton rather than David. Robyn and her first husband had three kids together: Dayton, Aurora, and Breanna.
Two years after Breanna was born, David filed for divorce, although Robyn said it was she who made the call and asked for a divorce because David was abusive. ET to see how their family evolves! Is Meri Leaving 'Sister Wives'? Distractify is a registered trademark. All Rights Reserved. Kody Brown is only allowed one wife in the eyes of the law. This means only one wife is technically allowed to make certain decisions for him. If he was incapacitated, for example, only his legal wife could make choices about his medical care.
However, household rules state the wives will always work together, and Brown's legal wife should have no more say in major decisions than his other spouses. In , back when she was the legal wife, Meri said, "I'm the legal wife, so I have the power to pull the plug. But I take into account what my sister wives have to say. I don't see me having any more power than they do. While people may automatically associate Mormons with polygamy, the LDS movement does not actually condone the practice.
The Brown family belongs to a fundamentalist polygamist Mormon church called the Apostolic United Brethren. Believers in polygamy cite the Old Testament, in which patriarchs typically had more than one wife, as evidence the practice is in adherence with the scripture.
Every wife has her own house, but the Brown family still strives to function as a unit. As a rule, the sister wives get lunch together once a week.
During the week, Kody Brown migrates from house to house, but the entire family usually gets together on Friday and Saturday nights. Supporting four wives and 18 children is not cheap. In fact, Kody Brown and all four of his wives have filed for bankruptcy at least once over the years.
The family has also benefited from various government assistance programs, such as food stamps. Despite this, the Brown family's church remains starkly opposed to government assistance. Carey notes that there are various arguments to be made on both sides, in terms of how the state views its definition of child bigamy, the fact that the Sister Wives marriages spiritual or otherwise were formed in another state, and the co-habitation aspect of the law.
What definitely doesn't help the Browns, however, is the fact that they are documenting their experiences on TV. Basically, it is possible, depending on the prosecutor, for the Browns to face legal troubles in Arizona. However, there are strong arguments on both sides. But these are all things Kody and his family know. About eight years ago, cameras caught the moment the family fled Utah for Nevada over fears of being arrested for their living situation. They also are very much aware of the laws where they live.
In fact, the family sued the state of Utah in , claiming its anti-bigamy law was "unconstitutional.
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