Excluding Witnesses

Effective January 1, 2014 At a party's request, the court must order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear other witnesses' testimony. Or the court may do so on its own. But this rule does not authorize excluding: (a) a party who is a natural person; (b) an officer or employee of a party that is not a natural person, after being designated as the party's representative by its attorney; or (c) a person whose presence a party shows to be essential to presenting the party's claim or defense.