Here’s How the ‘Sister Wives’ Stars Are Dividing $1.5 Million From the Coyote Pass Sale

Like Kody Brown and three of his four wives, the Brown family has parted ways with Coyote Pass.

The Sun reported on Wednesday that the (more than) 14-acre property in Flagstaff, Arizona, purchased in 2018 by Kody, Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn Brown for $820,000 has been sold for $1.5 million. 

As longtime fans of Sister Wives know, the Brown family originally planned to build five homes on Coyote Pass– one for each of Kody’s then-four wives, as well as a separate house for Kody (for some reason)– though the plans never came to fruition. In later years, the land was a source of contention between the Browns.

Unfortunately (for Kody and Robyn), Janelle and Meri didn’t go for the uneven way Kody had split up the land. Earlier this month, Coyote Pass ownership was revamped, garnering Meri and Janelle a much bigger portion of the sale profits than they would have initially gotten.

After splitting from Kody, Christine was bought out of her portion of Coyote Pass, leaving Kody, Robyn, Janelle and Meri as the four remaining owners– even after both Janelle and Meri went on to leave Kody in 2022 and 2023, respectively. 

As of 2022, Kody’s name appeared on each of the four Coyote Pass lots and Robyn’s name was on two of the four lots (one large lot and one small lot). Meanwhile, Janelle jointly owned one of the large lots with Kody and Meri, and one of the small lots with Kody; Meri jointly owned just one of the large lots with Janelle and Kody. 

After years of confusion and contention, Kody, Robyn, Janelle and Meri finally addressed the inequality of the four lots that make up Coyote Pass, with each party signing warranty deeds earlier this month to revise the ownership in a more equal way. 

According to The Sun, one of the 2.42-acre plots (in Kody and Robyn’s names) sold April 14 for $305,000. The second 2.42-acre plot, owned by Meri and Janelle, also sold for $305,000.

The 4.48-acre plot, owned by Kody and Robyn, sold for $400,000; the 5.16-acre parcel, half of which was owned by Kody and Robyn and the other half was split by Janelle and Meri, sold for $490,000.

For those keeping track at home, that means that Robyn, Kody, Janelle and Meri each made $375,000 from the sale of all the land.

When Season 19 of ‘Sister Wives’ returns on Sunday, fans will get to see more of the dispute over Coyote Pass play out as Meri and Janelle continue fighting for their stake in the family’s property.

In a clip from an upcoming episode, Meri reminds viewers about an email she sent to Kody, Robyn and Janelle in an effort to “start the conversation” about selling the family’s property. During the episode, Meri claims that she hasn’t been involved in any of the discussions, nor does she know if any discussions have even taken place. 

Meri also admitted that there was “a lot of confusion” regarding the way things had been done in the family, though she told viewers she planned to “push the issue” about Coyote Pass.  

In episode that aired earlier this season, Janelle noted that Kody “could do whatever he wanted with the property that he and Robyn are on,” as their names were (at the time) on the bulk of the Coyote Pass parcels. 

Kody even admitted this season that he “thought about screwing” over Janelle in the Coyote Pass dispute, insisting that he hadn’t because Robyn wouldn’t allow it. 

“[Janelle] doesn’t trust me because she would screw me if she could,” Kody said. “That’s what I believe. I’ll be honest, I’ve thought about screwing her. 

“OK, so I’m being honest, but I won’t,” he continued, before telling viewers that his “wife with a conscience won’t let me.” 

Watch a clip of Meri and Janelle discussing the Coyote Pass property dispute below.

New episodes of ‘Sister Wives’ air Sundays on TLC.