Sister Wives stars Kody Brown and Robyn Brown purchased a $2.1 million mansion in Flagstaff, Arizona. Some headlines claim that this home purchase is a violation of the court order. There are even ugly rumors that he might go to jail for this. This is all nonsense. We will explain why this is hysteria.
Kody and Robyn bought the approximately 8,000-square-foot house on Friday on behalf of the foundation they run. The main house has an area of 5,600 square meters. It has four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. There’s a bonus room, formal living room, and theater room. There is also a 2,300-square-foot guest house. It has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is also a 2,200-square-foot trailer garage. And a multi-car garage.
Kody Brown and Robyn put $420,000 down on a 30-year mortgage. The loan principal is $1.68 million. If they have excellent credit and the best loan rate, that’s a monthly mortgage payment of about $12,000. Plus taxes and insurance. And they already have another home mortgage of about $2,800 a month. This is too much. About $15k a month in house payments. That’s $180,000 a year!
Sister Wives: Kody Brown and Robyn Brown Buy Flagstaff Mansion for $2.1 Million
Some sites say Kody’s purchase of the house violates a court order in Christine Brown’s lawsuit against Kody. Truely is suing to prove Brown’s paternity. Because his name was not on the birth certificate. And he wants alimony and back alimony.
This is a family court case. There is an automatic injunction in every family case in Utah. Addresses harassment, humiliation, and assets and debts. So these armchair experts say Kody violated the part about not disposing of or hiding assets. However, this part of the injunction is not valid. This only applies to cases involving the division of assets and division of debts.
For example, in a divorce, when dividing who will buy the house, the car, and who will pay the student loan or credit card debt. This isn’t the kind of case Christine filed. And as of now, he doesn’t owe her anything. The case is ongoing. So far his paternity has not been confirmed with Truely. Once this is done, the court will address a decision regarding child support.
Even then, Kody can buy and sell as many houses as he wants, as long as he makes his payments on time and in full…
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But there seems to be something connecting the timing of this major home purchase to Christine’s case. One of them is a large down payment. They invested 420 thousand dollars. This was 20 percent of the house price. This means they can avoid costly PMI (private mortgage insurance). This also means Kody doesn’t have a lump sum of cash lying around in case the court decides he owes a large sum of money in back support.
Often times, when courts award such a lump sum, they create a payment plan. But if Kody has a large amount of cash in the bank, they can have him deposit it all at once. Another issue regarding the injunction decision is the prohibition of humiliation part. He says that the parties cannot say bad things about each other in a place where the child cannot hear. If that’s the case, I’m not sure how they can record Season 20 of Sister Wives.
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The injunction went into effect the day Christine filed the lawsuit. This was the day after Season 19 launched. So what he says in his confessionals and his scenes have already been filmed. So the measure is not implemented. And it will continue to wait until the final verdict of the case. If there’s a Season 20, they’ll have to make an exception to the precaution, or Kody will have to learn to watch his mouth. Or he may actually be violating the measure.
But in terms of buying this big house. No, Kody Brown is not at risk of going to prison. He did not violate the court order. It does not issue an injunction. He is trying to have a big house for the only wife he has left…