Restraining Orders

In an ex parte or final non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO), the judge can order the respondent not to:

• follow you or appear within your sight;
• appear at your home or workplace;
• approach or confront you in a public place or on private property;
• enter onto or remain on property that is owned, leased, or occupied by you;
• send you mail or other communications (such as email);
• contact you by telephone;
• place an object on (or deliver an object to) property owned, leased, or occupied by you;
• threaten to kill or physically injure you;
• attend school in the same building as you – but this only applies if you are a minor who has been the victim of sexual assault and you and the abuser are both enrolled in a public or private school (from kindergarten to 12^th grade);
• purchase or possess a firearm; and
• post any messages through the Internet, a computer, or any electronic medium that violates the law against posting messages through an electronic medium without consent.¹

¹ MCL § 600.2950a(1); see Michigan Courts website, PPO petition form cc380