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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

7 GEORGIA M. CHAVEZ, a widow; 8 RON CHAVEZ, a widower; 9 10 v. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ANTONIO EDWARDO B. CHAVEZ, EDWARD CHAVEZ, ROBERT HERRERA, VINCENT HERRERA, ALEXANDRA ADAMS, LORETTA SMITH, ROBERT LEROY CHAVEZ, YVONNE DOMINGUEZ, JULIA P. GALLEGOS, OLIVIA GALLEGOS, MICHAEL GALLEGOS, RANDY GALLEGOS, LARRY CHAVEZ, DANIEL CHAVEZ, DEBBIE CHAVEZ, ROMONA CHAVEZ, CARLA CHAVEZ, JEFFREY CHAVEZ, PAMELA CHAVEZ, HENRY CHAVEZ and PAT CHAVEZ, Plaintiffs-Appellants, NO. 29,744

21 THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OR SONS AND DAUGHTERS 22 OF NICHOLAS CHAVEZ and MARIA BAZAN DE CHAVEZ, 23 Deceased, 24 25 26 27 28 UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMED DECEASED PERSONS: HENRY B. CHAVEZ, DELFINO B. CHAVEZ, NICK B. CHAVEZ, RAFAELLITA B. CHAVEZ, JUAN B. CHAVEZ and ALFREDO A. CHAVEZ; and

29 UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN 30 THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE ESTATE 31 OF PETERSON-LOS RANCHOS, LLC,

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Involuntary-Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants-Appellees. and ROSE MARIE CHAVEZ, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ALFRED ALFONSO "FECHO" CHAVEZ; STEVEN L. COE and LISA COE, husband and wife; PETERSON-LOS RANCHOS, LLC, a New Mexico Limited Liability Company; ALL UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS, Defendants-Appellees.

11 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BERNALILLO COUNTY 12 Louis P. McDonald, District Judge 13 Law Offices of Brad L. Hays, LLC 14 Brad L. Hays 15 Rio Rancho, NM 16 for Appellants 17 Sanchez, Mowrer & Desiderio, P.C. 18 Raymond G. Sanchez 19 Albuquerque, NM 20 for Appellee Rose Marie Chavez 21 22 23 24 Myers, Oliver & Price, P.C. Scott N. Oliver Floyd D. Wilson Albuquerque, NM

25 for Appellee Peterson-Los Ranchos, LLC 26 The Skarsgard Firm, P.C. 27 Joshua J. Skarsgard 2

1 Albuquerque, NM 2 for Appellee Peterson-Los Ranchos, LLC 3 MEMORANDUM OPINION 4 GARCIA, Judge. 5 In this interlocutory appeal, Georgia M. Chavez and Ron Chavez (Appellants)

6 appeal the district court's order dismissing their complaint for failure to state a claim 7 upon which relief can be granted under Rule 1-012(B)(6) NMRA. Appellants contend 8 that the district court erred in determining as a matter of law that the 1947 Warranty 9 Deed (the Deed) did not require the Estate of Alfredo Alfonso "Fecho" Chavez (the 10 Estate) to extend the right of first refusal to Appellants before selling the disputed 11 property and in determining that Appellants' proposed right of first refusal would be 12 an unreasonable restriction on alienation. The district court certified these issues to 13 this Court pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 39-3-4(A) (1999). We affirm the district 14 court's order of dismissal. 15 DISCUSSION 16 Standard of Review 17 We apply a de novo standard of review to determine whether the district court

18 erred in dismissing the complaint for failure to state a claim under Rule 1-012(B)(6). 19 Chavez v. Desert Eagle Distrib. Co. of N.M., 2007-NMCA-018,

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