Case Name: Suzanne BEAUCHAMP, f/k/a Suzanne Lusch, Appellant, v. Lawrence J. LUSCH, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-11-03
Citations: 979 S.W.2d 520
Docket Number: No. 73822
Parties: Suzanne BEAUCHAMP, f/k/a Suzanne Lusch, Appellant, v. Lawrence J. LUSCH, Respondent.
Judges: Before JAMES R. DOWD, P.J., and CRAHAN and RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 979
Pages: 520–521

Head Matter:
Suzanne BEAUCHAMP, f/k/a Suzanne Lusch, Appellant, v. Lawrence J. LUSCH, Respondent.
No. 73822.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.
Nov. 3, 1998.
Suzanne Beauchamp, f/k/a Suzanne Lusch, O’Fallon, pro se.
Lawrence J. Lusch, St. Louis, pro se.
Before JAMES R. DOWD, P.J., and CRAHAN and RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Susan Lusch, n.k.a. Susan Beauchamp ("Mother"), appeals pro se that portion of the trial court's judgment holding her in contempt and fining her $10,000 for altering videotapes of her daughter that the dissolution decree required her to turn over to Father for copying. On appeal Mother asserts two points of error, both of which challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the award either as civil or criminal contempt. Mother, however, failed to file a transcript of the contempt hearing. Without a transcript, it is impossible to evaluate the sufficiency of the evidence to support the award, and in the absence of such a record the appellate court has nothing to decide. Page v. Associated Couriers, Inc., 868 S.W.2d 138, 140 (Mo.App.1993). Accordingly, we have no choice but to dismiss the appeal.
. In addition to the $10,000 fine, the court ordered Wife to pay the following amounts: $485.87 as reimbursement for reduction in Husband's annuity; $1,873 for items of personal property that Wife did not return to Husband; and $5,602 for Husband's attorney's fees. Wife's appeal contests only the $10,000 fine.