Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County May 3, 1985, no. 84-0852-12-1 (Hirleman v. Kerkering)

KELTON, J.,

At issue in this appeal to the Superior Court is the extent to which the common pleas court has discretion under Pa.R.C.P. 213(b) to determine on its own motion that assump-sit proceedings involving an action by a former wife against a former husband to enforce a written property-settlement agreement should be bifurcated from the husband’s claim that plaintiff should contribute to the