Campbell v. Campbell

In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the plaintiff wife appeals from so much of an order of the *721Supreme Court, Westchester County (Facelle, J.), entered June 19, 1989, as granted the defendant husband’s cross motion for a bifurcated trial.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, as a matter of discretion, with costs, and the cross motion is denied.

It is well settled that bifurcation is generally disfavored in matrimonial actions, inasmuch as it raises the possibility of economic coercion and may necessitate that two protracted trials be held instead of one…