Monopoly

I wrote recently about the new law that made family law practitioners’ life much easier because appeals from just about any divorce-related claim are no longer interlocutory. That is all well and good for divorce practitioners, but it does not resolve the matter for every case. Which interlocutory order can be appealed and which can not be appealed is almost never an easy decision. The two-part test itself is easy: Whether a substantial right is affected by the challenged order and whether this substantial right might be lost, prejudiced, or inadequately preserved in the absence of an immediate appeal. The…