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Restraining Orders

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Updated: 
December 18, 2023

Will someone be able to search on the Internet to see that I have a PPO?

The law says that courts are prohibited from making available to the public on the Internet any information regarding the registration of a PPO, the filing of a petition for a PPO, or the issuance of PPO if such publication would be likely to publicly reveal the identity or location of the party protected under the order.1

1 MCR 3.705(C)