Prejudice must appear affirmatively from the record." Walsh v. Walsh, 230 Ariz. 486, ¶ 24 (App. 2012) (quoting In re Marriage of Molloy, 181 Ariz. 146, 150 (App. 1994)); see also Ariz. R. Fam. Law P. 86 (court "must disregard" harmless errors); Whitt v. Meza, 257 Ariz. 149, ¶ 28 (App. 2024). Lance argues this requirement did not apply here because the court initially ordered the parties to appear for a resolution management conference.
¶7 We review de novo the trial court's characterization of property as separate or community, but we review the court's division of that property for an abuse of discretion. Whitt v. Meza, 257 Ariz. 149, 157, ¶ 27 (App. 2024). We will not reweigh evidence on appeal and will uphold the court's findings of fact absent clear error.
Moreover, "[w]ithout the requirement that the superior court make written findings, our standard of review presumes the superior court found every fact necessary to support its decision." Whitt v. Meza, 257 Ariz. 149, 153 ¶ 8 (App. 2024).
But the spouse asserting an interest in the other spouse's separate property bears the burden of proving the community is entitled to an equitable lien. See Whitt v. Meza, 257 Ariz. 149, 158, ¶ 38 (App. 2024).
¶28 Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 19 "aims to ensure the joinder of all interested parties in a single action [to] avoid a multiplicity of litigation." Whitt v. Meza, 257 Ariz. 149 ¶ 20 (App. 2024) (citing Ariz. Title Ins. & Tr. Co. v. Kelly, 11 Ariz.App. 254, 255 (1970)). Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) allows a defendant to move to dismiss an action if the plaintiff fails to comply with a court order.