Commonwealth v. One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand One Hundred Ninety-one Dollars

Aftermath Cleaning Company, Inc. (Aftermath), contests the denial of its motion to intervene in a civil forfeiture case filed by the Commonwealth regarding assets seized from Michael Clancy. Aftermath argues that, as a judgment creditor, it should have been allowed to intervene as of right under Mass. R.Civ.P. 24(a)(2), 365 Mass. 769 (1974), or alternatively that the judge abused his discretion in denying permissive intervention pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. 24(b)(2). Because we conclude that *280the Massachusetts forfeiture statute, G. L. c. 94C, § 47, as amended through St. 1998, c. 194, § 147,…