Salt Lake City, USA - A judge in Utah today stripped reclusive polygamist Warren Jeffs and five other church leaders as managers of a trust.
That trust is held by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
A hearing will be held July 21st to appoint new trustees.
Utah last month had the assets frozen and temporary control given to an outside firm because it was feared Jeffs was liquidating the assets.
Jeffs was indicted in Arizona this month on sex-related charges for allegedly arranging a marriage between a teenage girl and a 28-year-old man who already was married.
Jeffs, who remains a fugitive, is believed to be living on church-owned land near Eldorado, Texas.
Neither Jeffs nor four of the other trustees showed up in court today.
Trustee Winston Blackmore was present, but didn't object to the changes.