Section 3023 - Preference of case if custody sole contested issue; separate trial as to issue of custody(a) If custody of a minor child is the sole contested issue, the case shall be given preference over other civil cases, except matters to which special precedence may be given by law, for assigning a trial date and shall be given an early hearing.(b) If there is more than one contested issue and one of the issues is the custody of a minor child, the court, as to the issue of custody, shall order a separate trial. The separate trial shall be given preference over other civil cases, except matters to which special precedence may be given by law, for assigning a trial date.Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 116.14. Effective January 1, 1994.