Sister Wives Preview: Janelle Wants to Move to Montana and Sell Kody’s Land

Janelle Brown is ready for a new start after Kody Brown divide — even if it means an uphill battle to sell their land.

“If Kody doesn’t want to buy me out…I’m going to have to do something about it,” Janelle, 55, tells her sister and wife Christine Brown In We WeeklyA preview of the Sunday, September 22 episode of Sister Wives.

Janelle notes that they have to pay off the Coyote Pass property in Arizona, but says Kody, 55, “doesn’t talk to me about it.”

She admits: “I think I’m going to have to get a lawyer,” saying that “it’s the only way I’m going to get a decision from him.”

Kody and his third wife, Christine, 52, announced their separation in November 2021. At the time, she gave Kody her share of the family’s land in Arizona, on which the polygamous group planned to build five homes. (Christine kept the money from the sale of her house when she moved to Utah after the divorce.)

Janelle confirmed in December 2022 that she and Kody had split after 30 years together. The couple, who share six children, were never legally married, but they had been in a spiritual union since 1992. (Kody and Janelle’s son, Garrison, died by suicide in March at the age of 25.)

Kody’s first wife, Meri Brownpublicly announced in January 2023 that they had also separated. He remains legally married to his fourth wife Robyn Brown.

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Amid all the family turmoil, the Coyote Pass property has remained a point of contention for everyone. Janelle, however, revealed during the Season 19 premiere on September 15 that she is considering moving to Montana with her oldest daughter, Maddie, 28, and her family.

“What changed my mind (about the Arizona territory) was when I went with Maddie to look in Montana and I was like, ‘Oh, I could get that somewhere else,'” Janelle tells Christine on the upcoming episode of TLC.

Christine reveals that it’s a “no brainer” for Janelle to live with Maddie in Montana rather than “living in Coyote Pass with a house and who knows, maybe Kody and Robyn. Maybe Meri will have a house there too? No.”

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Janelle seems ready to put Kody and Arizona in the rearview mirror, but legally handing over her land ownership isn’t easy.

“I have no legal right to make any claim on Kody’s assets. We’re not legally married,” she confesses. “It’s not like I call a lawyer and say, ‘I have to divorce this person.’ No, it’s really complicated because there’s no legal marriage.”

Despite the land hiccup, Janelle tells Christine that she’s over her marriage to Kody. “He hasn’t talked to me in a really long time,” Janelle explains, noting that the exes communicate via text messages.

Although Janelle admits she didn’t say the words “it’s over,” she says he doesn’t see it at all. “He’s avoiding me,” she adds.

Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.