Opinion
No. 58921.
09-18-2012
Shandell M. STANISIC, Appellant, v. Alexander I. STANISIC, Respondent.
Shandell Stanisic Sandra A. Unsworth
Shandell Stanisic
Sandra A. Unsworth
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a proper person appeal from a district court order imposing sanctions for contempt. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Bridget Robb Peck, Judge.
In ruling on a motion to suspend appellant's visitation rights, the district court found appellant to be in contempt of court. Consequently, the district court issued a second order directing appellant to pay respondent's attorney fees and costs as a sanction for appellant's contempt. Appellant appeals from this order, and we dismiss.
This court has jurisdiction to consider an appeal only when the appeal is authorized by statute or rule. Taylor Constr. Co. v. Hilton Hotels, 100 Nev. 207, 209, 678 P.2d 1152, 1153 (1984). No statute or rule authorizes an appeal from an order imposing sanctions for contempt. See NRAP 3A(b) ; Pengilly v. Rancho Santa Fe Homeowners, 116 Nev. 646, 649, 5 P.3d 569, 571 (2000) (concluding that this court generally lacks jurisdiction over an appeal from a contempt order). Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction, and we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.