Sister Wives: Kody's 'Resistant' to Meri's Divorce Request Through Church, Doesn't Want to Be 'Involved' in the 'BS'

Meri and Kody Brown have different opinions on how best to get over their split.

During Sunday’s September 22 episode Sister wivesKody shared the big news after his breakup with Meri.

“About eight weeks ago, Meri told me she was going to go to Utah, meet with our church leaders and basically ask for a divorce,” Kody, 55, told the cameras. – In our church, this is called dismissal.

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Since all four of Kody’s wives married him through their church” (aka the Apostolic United Brethren) and entered into what they called a “covenant,” Meri said she believes “it’s best to break it off because we’re not moving forward with any marriage . ”

“I don’t want to be, like, sealed to him for eternity if he doesn’t want me,” continued Meri, 53. “I’m in a place where I’m like, let’s just separate this completely.”

(L-R) Kody Brown and Mary Brown. Mary Brown/Instagram

Meri then noted in her confessional that when she “asked Kody how he felt about moving forward with the release, he was kind of resistant to it.” The entrepreneur added that her ex-husband “did not want to recognize the authority of church leaders.”

However, from Kody’s perspective, “the damage is so great that we’re not going to make up no matter what.”

“As much as we’re accountable to God, I don’t want to be accountable to this church and all their BS,” Kody added. “So I’m going to let Meri go and do her thing because if I’m mad at her it becomes a fight. I should have just left because it took her forever to finally realize it’s over and over for ages.”

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Aware that she has been “living in limbo for almost a decade” in this relationship, Meri “won’t do that anymore”.

“I’m moving on with this,” she concluded.

Pictured is Mary Brown.

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Meri and Kody were together for over 32 years before publicly confirming their split in January 2023. She then had a brief relationship with Amos Andrews.

Before Meri and Kody quit, Kody’s wives Christine Brown and Janelle Brown decided to leave him a year apart. Now Robyn Brown is Kody’s only remaining wife.

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Sister wives airs Sundays at 10pm ET on TLC.

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