CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Court Control of Proceedings
......Exclusion of Persons from Court
.........Failure to Comply with Order
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Remedy for disobedience of witness exclusion order is contempt, not disqualification of witness(es).

Expert who remains in court in violation of exclusion order may be disqualified from testifying.

Failure to comply with exclusion order does not render witness incompetent to testify.

Although witness may be punished by contempt for disobeying exclusion order, it is not ground for exclusion of witness' testimony.