Sample Restraining Order Form With Attorney In Michigan
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You can get a PPO to protect you from someone age 10 or older who is threatening, hurting, stalking, or harassing you. However, parents can't get a PPO to protect them from their child under 18, and children under 18 can't get a PPO to protect them from a parent.
A judge can issue you an ex parte domestic relationship PPO without a full court hearing and without the abuser present. An ex parte domestic relationship PPO is valid for at least 182 days, approximately six months.
To get a domestic relationship PPO, you must show the judge that the abuser is likely to assault, threaten, harass, or stalk you. You must also show that you and the abuser have a domestic relationship. You have a domestic relationship with the abuser if they are: Your current or ex-spouse.
A restraining order (including a personal protection order) is a civil action between citizens. A "no-contact" bond condition can be imposed on a defendant during a pending criminal prosecution. It means that a defendant can not personally, or have a third-party contact, call, write, etc.
A domestic relationship PPO can prohibit the abuser from: Entering your home or another place. Assaulting, attacking, beating, molesting, or wounding you or another person. Threatening to or physically injure you or another person.
A restraining order is more about stopping specific actions. You should ask for a PPO if you believe someone might harm you. Domestic violence has become more dangerous in Michigan. With more severe cases, it's important to know how a PPO can protect you from harm.
