Appeals Stemming From Bifurcated Issues In family law proceedings, parties have the option of bifurcating pivotal issues for an early trial. Said trial would occur before all of the other remaining issues (i.e. custody, support, visitation) are decided. Bifurcated trials are similar to regular trials except for at least one major difference. Property rulings made during a bifurcated trial are NOT automatically appealable. Thus, if you are unhappy with the trial court's decision, one must generally wait until the remainder of the case is tried before appealing the issue. Sometimes this can be a very costly and inefficient. Fortunately, s...