In the last episode of Sister wives, Merry Brown She highlighted the collapse of her family's finances – and claimed it wasn't always fair.
“The big thing to him then was that I would get two acres,” Meri, 53, told her friend. Jane During the Sunday, January 19, episode of the TLC series, she accuses her ex-husband of this Cody Brown She never intended to give her an equal share of her family's Coyote Pass property. “He says, 'Well, you don't need much because you don't have many kids.'
Jane noted that Meri “paid equally” for the plot of land located in Flagstaff, Arizona, even though she only shared one child. LeonWith Cody, 55 years old.
“I don't know if they don't remember, like, When our money was all together Merry explained that the family money she helped with went to the kids' college, and went to the property. “He went into everything. We had a family fund.”
Jane quickly Mary remembered Not only did she put money into the family bank while she was married to Cody, but that money “was paid to the majority of the children's colleges, but not to Leon's.”
Jane claimed the family fund “went to the majority of the kids' cars, but not Leon's car,” which Meri confirmed. “I paid for Leon’s college,” Meri said, adding that she paid for her child’s “car payments” as well — and didn’t use the family slush.
Meri admitted: “I don't really know how much the Family Fund actually paid for the other children's schools or cars, but I do know that my child's school was not taken care of from the Family Fund.”
Even though she was married to Kody longer, Meri claimed that she never received an equal share of the money her sister-in-laws scraped together for their multifamily.
“Kody actually said this: 'Because I only have one child, I'm not entitled to an equal share of the property,'” Meri claimed, again referring to the sale of their shared land.
Meri and Kody were legally married from 1990 to 2014 I got divorced So that Cody can marry a fourth wife Robyn Brown She legally adopted her three children from a previous relationship. Meri and Kody remained in a spiritual union until He confirmed their separation In January 2023.
Along with Leon, Cody has welcomed six children with both of them Janelle Brown and Christine Brown Before they both broke up. (Janelle announced their split in December 2022, while Kristen left the multifamily in 2021.)
Cody is still married to Robyn, 46, and has three adopted children and two biological children.
“We had 18 kids to take care of. You know, this is just water under the bridge,” Cody told cameras during Sunday's episode while discussing the division of assets. “I don't even want to discuss it. Mary can complain about everything that happened all she wants.”
While Kody tried to ignore Meri's claims, she remained adamant that she deserved to get some money from their Coyote Pass property — as does Janelle. (Christine She gave her her share of the land To Robyn and Cody after her divorce and she kept the money from selling her house in Arizona).
“I've put a lot into this marriage Emotionally, financially (and) personally. I didn't get anything from him, like alimony or anything else. “I'm not looking for that,” Merry concluded. “So I think it's fair (for me to get into) real estate investing. I think it's fair for me to at least leave that.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Kody met with a realtor to list Coyote Pass but didn't keep Janelle or Meri informed. Meanwhile, the two women hired lawyers for the trial And protect their rights to land.
Sister wives It airs on TLC Sundays at 10 PM ET.