Lopez v. State.

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, C.J.

This appeal requires us to consider whether a lien recorded by the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) for unpaid child support has priority over an attorney’s lien established for payment of fees in an unrelated, subsequently filed action. In 1997, the CSEA recorded a statutory lien on Patrick Lopez’s real and personal property for delinquent child support. More than a decade later, on June 30, 2008, Lopez entered into a contingency agreement with the law firm of Eric A Seitz for legal representation in an unrelated civil action for personal…