An administrator can control if workflow status property is copied when documents are branched. The default is that document status will be copied.
Some organizations may desire to preserve the workflow status of a document when that document is branched by setting the option in the setReleaseManagementEnabled.py administrator script. The default is that document status will be copied. Additionally no associated job ticket is copied.
The ability to complete the workflow job of the source document of the branch is independent of it was ever branched. Copying the workflow status attribute may result in unexpected behavior. The user is responsible to branch only when a document is in a reasonable state.