IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

STEPHEN NEWELL, No. 74633 Appellant, VS. KATIE NEWELL, Respondent.

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ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL This is a pro se appeal from an order suspending appellant's supervised visitation for two months and directing appellant to apologize to . his child. Second judicial District Court, Family Court Division, Washoe County; David Humke, Judge.

Our review of the documents submitted to this court pursuant to NRAP 3(g) reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, it appears that the judgment or order designated in the notice of appeal is not substantively appealable. See NRAP 3A(b). This court has jurisdiction to consider an appeal only when the appeal is authorized by statute or court rule. Taylor Constr. Co. u. Hilton Hotels, 100 Nev. 207, 678 P.2d 1152 (1984). No statute or court rule provides for an appeal from an order suspending visitation for

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two months or from an order directing a party's communications with a child. Accordingly, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction, and we ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.'

Douglas

Gibbons Pickering

cc: Hon. David Humke, District Judge, Family Court Division Stephen Newell daymie Mitchell Attorney at Law PC Washoe District Court Clerk

'An .original petition for extraordinary relief may be a more appropriate vehicle for appellant to challenge the district court's order. See NRAP 21.

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