My dad is Jon Jeffrey Batteen, born August 11th, 1953. In summer of 2018, I asked him if I could build a house in an empty grain bin on his farm land in Faulk County, South Dakota. He agreed. The understanding was that I would inherit the property when he died and live the rest of my life there.

In August of 2026, he told me he was selling the land with my bin on it to the neighbor. I was very displeased, but I could see that it was going to happen whether I wanted it to or not. I asked if I could get some money for the bin out of the sale. Initially I asked for $15k, then I asked for an 85/15 split of the sale price with a floor of $10k. He agreed.

Many years prior, he had told me I could sell some things out of the quonsets. I only ever sold one thing, a hitch mount motorcycle carrier. Shortly after agreeing to pay me for my bin, he asked me where the motorcycle carrier was. I told him I sold it. He claimed to never remember telling me I could sell it, that he considered it stolen, and thus reneged on his agreement to pay me for my bin. The carrier would cost about $500 to replace. I told him to take it out of my check for the bin.

Our relationship has been challenging my entire life. Certainly, I have done things I shouldn't have. But as I've said to him many times, if I treated a child the way he treated me, I would expect nothing less in return. He is not the innocent victim he likes to make himself out to be. The only real proof of that I have is as follows. I know it's hard to believe anything in the age of AI, but you can call the Eagan, MN police department and verify the authenticity. This is public record, you can request your own copy.

As soon as my check for the bin clears, I'll change this website back to an advertisement for my software business. Until then, hopefully this is the first result, or at least on the first page, whenever someone Google searches Jon Jeffrey Batteen.