Seems to me that the Romney boys being involved, as well as two apostles speaks to maybe money being too important in the lives of some members enough to state that apostle's advice is basically spiritually legally binding to the family.
Video:
This link goes to an exmormon group on reddit, but has some interesting articles and links to the case (you've been warned, go in with your solid faith in Christ and testimony or bust
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Snippets from case:
Your Honor, we’re serious about doing whatever these old guys tell us to do with our money. We’ve been singing songs about it since we were three years old. In fact, there’s not a “single instance” when we’ve ever deviated, and we’re not about to start now.
Something I also would ask about involvement of this personal family case.“Although Elder Andersen described his role as a ‘spiritual’ guide rather than a ‘legal’ arbiter, the technical distinction between ecclesiastical guidance and legal rulings made no practical difference to the Board…. Under these facts, the Apostles’ spiritual role yields the same result as a legal arbiter, so the Apostles did not need legal authority to bind the parties.” (See pg. 3 of Motion.)
TL;DR: Judge, we’re all TBM’s, so if an apostle even subtly hints at taking a certain course of action, we take that expression of “spiritual guidance” as legally binding on us. Because … covenants … and priesthood sealing keys to “bind” things.
Why does this family get two Apostles to personally advise them about family disputes? (See Paragraphs 3-4 of Affidavit)
It’s not about the money. We swear. It’s just “pastoral advice” we give to every member who wants it. It’s not like we have a scriptural directive to preach the gospel to all nations or anything else more pressing. The Lord’s first priority is to do everything possible to ensure this family [read: their assets] remain in the fold.
