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http://www.womenslaw.org//laws_state_type.php?id=536&state_code=MI〈=enAdd Link to Email	A non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO) is a civil court order that is designed to protect you from someone who you do not have a family or household member relationship with.A non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO) is a civil court order that is designed to protect you from someone who you do not have a family or household member relationship with.http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=536&state_code=MI〈=enAdd Link to EmailAdd Text to Email Please Log in to SPS to create custom email content
Basic infoWho is eligible for a non-domestic stalking personal protection order?How can a non-domestic stalking personal protection order help me?What kinds of non-domestic stalking personal protection orders are there? How long do they last?Getting the orderBasic infoback to topWho is eligible for a non-domestic stalking personal protection order?A non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO) can be issued based on stalking or cyberstalking committed by someone who you do not have an intimate relationship with. If you have one of the domestic relationships described here, you would file for a domestic relationship PPO instead.
Note: This PPO can also be based on the respondent committing aggravated stalking, which is when the respondent stalks you in violation of a restraining order, probation, parole, makes a serious threat, or has a prior conviction for stalking.** To read the exact definition, go to our MI Statutes page. 2) Cyberstalking, for the purposes of this PPO, is when the respondent commits the crime of posting or attempting to post messages about you through the Internet, computer or any other form of electronic communication without your consent – it doesn’t matter if the information is true or not true. To qualify for a protection order under this ground, all of the following must be true:
Note: You cannot get a stalking personal protection order if you are currently a prisoner.**** * MCL § 750.411h(a)-(e)
** MCL § 750.411i(2) *** MCL § 750.411s(1)
**** MCL § 600.2950a(31)A non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO) can be issued based on stalking or cyberstalking committed by someone who you do not have an intimate relationship with. If you have one of the domestic relationships described here (http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=535&state_code=MI&open_id=11469#content-3897), you would file for a domestic relationship PPO (http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=535&state_code=MI&open_id=11468) instead.
1) Stalking is when someone harasses you at least 2 or more times and it reasonably causes you to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested (bothered).* "Harassment" is repeated or continuing unconsented contact with you that has no legitimate (valid) purpose and reasonably causes you to suffer emotional distress (harm). For contact to be considered "unconsented contact," it means that s/he contacts you without your consent (including if you agreed to the contact at first, but now you have asked the person to stop and s/he continues to contact you). Unconsented contact includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
* Approaching or confronting you in a public place or on private property;
* Appearing at your workplace or home;
* Entering onto, remaining on, or putting an object on property that you own, lease (rent), or that you are currently occupying;
* Contacting you by telephone; or
* Sending you mail, email or text messages.*
Note: This PPO can also be based on the respondent committing aggravated stalking, which is when the respondent stalks you in violation of a restraining order, probation, parole, makes a serious threat, or has a prior conviction for stalking.** To read the exact definition, go to our MI Statutes (http://www.womenslaw.org/statutes_detail.php?statute_id=1951#statute-top) page. 2) Cyberstalking, for the purposes of this PPO, is when the respondent commits the crime of posting or attempting to post messages about (http://www.womenslaw.org/statutes_detail.php?statute_id=6773#statute-top) you through the Internet, computer or any other form of electronic communication without your consent - it doesn't matter if the information is true or not true. To qualify for a protection order under this ground, all of the following must be true:
* The respondent knows or should know that posting the message could cause 2 or more acts of unconsented contact with you (by anyone). (See above for the definition of "unconsented contact");
* Posting the message is intended to cause conduct (behavior, acts) that would make you feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested; and
* The conduct that comes from posting the message reasonably causes you to suffer emotional distress and to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested.***
Note: You cannot get a stalking personal protection order if you are currently a prisoner.**** * MCL 750.411h(a)-(e)
** MCL 750.411i(2) *** MCL 750.411s(1)
**** MCL 600.2950a(31)http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=536&state_code=MI〈=en#content-14504Add Link to EmailAdd Text to Email
back to topHow can a non-domestic stalking personal protection order help me?In an ex parte or final non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO), the judge can order the respondent not to commit behaviors that make up stalking or cyberstalking as those crimes are defined by law.* The PPO can (among other things) order the respondent not to do any or all of the following:
** See Michigan Courts website, PPO petition form cc380In an ex parte or final non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO), the judge can order the respondent not to commit behaviors that make up stalking or cyberstalking as those crimes are defined by law.* The PPO can (among other things) order the respondent not to do any or all of the following:
* follow you or appear within you 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 delivean object to property owned, leased, or occupied by you;
* threaten to kill or physically injure you;
* purchase or possess a firearm; and
* post any messages in violation of section through the Internet, a computer or any electronic medium.**
* MCL 600.2950a(1)
** See Michigan Courts website, PPO petition form cc380 (http://courts.mi.gov/Administration/SCAO/Forms/courtforms/personalprotectionorders/cc380.pdf#search=%22cc380%22)http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=536&state_code=MI〈=en#content-14863Add Link to EmailAdd Text to Email
back to topWhat kinds of non-domestic stalking personal protection orders are there? How long do they last?A non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO) can be issued ex parte or after the respondent is notified and a hearing is held.
If there is a hearing on a petition for PPO and the judge issues an order after the hearing, the order will be a final order that can last for any length of time ordered by the judge. You may also be able to extend your order. See Can my non-domestic stalking PPO be extended? * MCL § 600.2950a(12); see also MCR § 3.705(A)(1)
*** MCL § 600.2950a(14); see also MCR § 3.707(A)(2)A non-domestic stalking personal protection order (PPO) can be issued ex parte or after the respondent is notified and a hearing is held.
If there is a hearing on a petition for PPO and the judge issues an order after the hearing, the order will be a final order that can last for any length of time ordered by the judge. You may also be able to extend your order. See Can my non-domestic stalking PPO be extended? (http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=536&state_code=MI&open_id=14864#content-14865)
* MCL 600.2950a(12); see also MCR 3.705(A)(1)
** MCL 600.2950a(13)
*** MCL 600.2950a(14); see also MCR 3.707(A)(2)http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=536&state_code=MI〈=en#content-14505Add Link to EmailAdd Text to Email
WomensLaw.org thanks Cheryl Rogers, Esq., Director of Nonprofit Legal & Management Assistance at the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence for her help in reviewing these pages.	back to top