Beasley v. Beasley

WIEAND, Judge:

Is an order denying a petition to bifurcate economic claims from a cause of action for divorce an appealable order? We conclude that it is neither final nor appealable; and, therefore, we quash the appeal taken from such an order.

Helen M. Beasley commenced an action in divorce against her husband, James E. Beasley, on October 29, 1981. She alleged that the marriage was irretrievably broken and suggested that she would file an affidavit of consent after ninety days. Numerous ancillary petitions were thereafter filed and argued before the trial court. Decisions thereof were…