In re Contempt of Zuckerman

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 2072

Syllabus

Contempt dismissed final, appealable order jurisdiction sanction conditional sanction show cause hearing warrant arrest debtor's examination Civ.R. 60(B) bootstrap. Appeal was dismissed for the lack of a final, appealable order and for want of jurisdiction. Without the imposition of a conditional or unconditional sanction, the orders finding appellants in contempt for failing to appear for a debtor's examination were not final, appealable orders. The trial court possessed the authority to order that warrants be issued for arrest to bring the contemnors before the court to answer for their contemptuous conduct, and the appellants had yet to appear before the court. Also, a party cannot bootstrap a ruling on a Civ.R. 60(B) motion into a final, appealable order where the underlying contested order is not final.