Houston v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Clark

*545OPINION

In this petition, we are asked to interpret and apply NRS 22.030(1), governing summary contempt proceedings for direct contempt committed in a judge’s presence. We conclude that a judge’s oral contempt order is immediately effective and enforceable to punish the contempt but that a written order, setting forth the conduct constituting the contempt in detail, must thereafter be promptly entered.

FACTS

Petitioner Joseph Houston represents Staci Lofton, who is the plaintiff in a divorce action. Robert Lofton, the defendant in the divorce action, represents himself in proper person. In the…