Laying out power electronics on analog signal board, practical advice
Don't separate planes unless you have a good reason to. Henry W Ott says there are very few reasons to do this. 


  The most important thing that I can say about slots in ground planes,
  is don't have them!  If you do have slots, no traces can cross over
  them.  If a trace does cross over the slot ask yourself this question:
  Where is the return path for the current?   Remember the fundamental
  principal of EMC, "return currents locally and compactly, through the
  smallest loop area possible."  If everyone would follow this
  principal, a great many of our EMC problem would go away or at least
  be minimized.


Source: http://www.hottconsultants.com/techtips/tips-slots.html

Separating planes is should be looked at as a way to reroute currents. There are consequences to this. 

The first one is that it creates more resistance (and inductance) between the power source and the components.

The second one is it can create nice dipole antennas at higher frequencies and turn a product into an unintentional radiator. 

The third problem is slots can reduce heat spreading capabilities of the internal plane (which could be good or bad, depending on your situation)

While this board is redirecting current through the slots, it is also creating resistance, the resistance can be calculated, and you could draw in two small resistors between the ground of the power section of the design and the rest of the board. These resistors will create common mode noise and voltage rise with large currents.



This slot might be useful as it blocks current from running under the potenitometer (if it has a ground connection) and keeps it away from the J8 connector. Which would be blocking currents that want to go straight back to the source.



It might be wise to consider opening up the slot between C118 and C116. I can also see no useful purpose for the slots around U18 and U17 unless the intention is preventing heat from traveling to the rest of the board. 

Another thing: You also don't need slots cut into the PCB, if your intention is to route return currents then keep the PCB and add slots in the internal plane. PCB material is resistive. With that much of the PCB gone and heavy components such as large caps, I would be worried about the PCB failing mechanically with the amount of material present.