CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Evidentiary Issues
......Court Control of Proceedings
.........Witness Examination
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Even assuming abuse of discretion in refusing to allow C's counsel to cross-examine SW on C's life in CA, C was not prejudiced in developing his factual or legal case on issue of SMJ because subjects of SW's testimony were not relevant to it.

Although proceeding by way of mandatory offer of proof under local rule on direct testimony infringed F's due process rights, error harmless under clear and convincing standard.

Court's discretion to limit cross-exam doesn't infringe D's constitutional right to confront Ws against him unless it might reasonably have produced much different view of W's credibility.