{"data":{"id":"us-mt/m.-r.-evid.-615","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"M. R. Evid. 615","heading":"Exclusion of witnesses.","body":"At the request of a party, the court shall order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses, and it may make the order of its own motion. This rule does not authorize exclusion of (1) a party who is a natural person, or (2) an officer or employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative by its attorney, or (3) a person whose presence is shown by a party to be essential to the presentation of the party's cause.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 10. MONTANA RULES OF EVIDENCE","Article VI. Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0100/part_0060/section_0150/0260-0100-0060-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:23Z","sha256":"96848f00caf704e7f847b7662453e3ac1ebba51b4ed7decd6b0b6940f48b6e06","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/m.-r.-evid.-614","next":"us-mt/m.-r.-evid.-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}