Opinion ID: 1994384
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Text: The district court entered the Meisters' divorce decree on September 12, 2003. An amended decree awarded Nanci $38,153.42 as judgment to equalize the property division. Schlender withdrew from the case on November 7, and on December 15, he filed notice of his attorney's lien with the district court. He sent a copy of the notice to both Nanci and John. The notice provided that the lien was for $9,115.25, which is the unpaid balance of compensation due from [Nanci] to [Schlender] for representation in the [divorce] action. The Court of Appeals modified the judgment, reducing it to $32,348.94. [1] John satisfied the $32,348.94 judgment in part by paying $12,348.94 into the district court on April 21, 2006. On April 24, the court scheduled a May 1 hearing to address the attorney's lien. On April 27, Nanci filed an objection to the lien, arguing that she had dismissed Schlender and hired new counsel before Schlender filed his attorney's lien. At the hearing, the court received an exhibit that included Schlender's affidavit and an attached statement for services. The statement showed that the amount owed was $9,115.25. The court took judicial notice of trial procedures in the underlying dissolution case, the exhibit list in that case, and the notice of the attorney's lien. Schlender argued that the attorney's lien statute did not require him to file the lien while he was representing Nanci. He asked the court to direct the clerk to pay him the balance due for his services. On May 15, 2006, the court declared the attorney's lien unenforceable under the lien statute. On May 23, Schlender moved to intervene to determine the disposition of the settlement proceeds paid into the Court by [John] which are subject to the attorney's lien. The same day, Schlender also moved for new trial. After a hearing on July 10, the court overruled Schlender's motion for new trial. The court denied intervention on July 19. Schlender filed a notice of appeal on August 8.