California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Orange Cnty. Soc. Servs. Agency v. Gary G. (In re Logan G.), G057677 (Cal. App. 2019):
"The trial judge has inherent and statutory authority to control the order of proceedings, regulate the order of proof, provide for the orderly conduct of the proceedings, and control the litigation." (People ex rel. Reisig v. Acuna (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 1, 23.) "Specifically, the court exercises discretion in ruling on a request
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to call a witness out of order, and its ruling will not be disturbed absent a clear showing of abuse of discretion." (Rayii v. Gatica (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 1402, 1413.)
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