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Facts

• In a dissolution of marriage case, the final decree awarded the husband a semi truck and trailer, subject to a lease-purchase agreement. The husband failed to make the required payments, leading to the repossession and resale of the vehicles to KDR Trucking, owned by the husband's mother. The wife, seeking to enforce the divorce decree's terms, obtained possession of the vehicles through a Writ of Execution, despite their sale to KDR Trucking. KDR Trucking and the husband's mother intervened, challenging the seizure of the vehicles.

Procedural History

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Parties' Submissions

• Intervenors (KDR Trucking, LLC, and Inez Perkins): Argued that the district court erred in concluding they lacked standing to protect their ownership interest in the vehicles involved in the domestic relations proceedings. They contended that the court's order awarding the vehicles to the wife deprived them of their property without due process of law (paras 7-8, 12).
• Wife (Petitioner-Appellee): Did not respond to Intervenors' appellate arguments (para 7).

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in concluding that Intervenors lacked standing to protect their claimed ownership interest in the vehicles involved in the domestic relations proceedings.
• Whether the district court's order awarding title to the vehicles to the wife deprived Intervenors of their property without due process of law.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals reversed the district court's decision, granting Intervenors standing to protect their property rights and remanding the case for further proceedings to address whether Intervenors established a priority ownership interest in the truck and trailer (paras 11, 16-17).

Reasons

• GARCIA, Judge (CYNTHIA A. FRY, Judge, LINDA M. VANZI, Judge concurring):
  The Court found that the district court abused its discretion by denying Intervenors' motion to intervene based on a lack of standing. It held that Intervenors had a valid ownership interest in the vehicles before the initiation of post-judgment contempt proceedings against the husband. The Court emphasized that a third party claiming an interest in community property in a divorce action has standing to intervene in the dissolution proceedings (paras 8-11).
  Regarding due process, the Court concluded that by denying Intervenors the opportunity to address their claimed ownership interest in the vehicles, the district court violated their due process rights. The Court underscored the necessity of allowing intervention and conducting further proceedings to resolve the ownership interest claimed by Intervenors (paras 12-16).