No, you cannot go to jail for breaking your own protection order: the order (presumably; the standard order, that is) ordered *him* not contact you, but did not restrict you from contacting him--that is you were not bound by the order and so did not break its terms.If this actually a mutual order--it stated that neither of you could contact the other--then you did violate it and could potentially be punished. Of course, since he violated it first (contacted you first), he also could be punished, and he would NOT be allowed to use his own violation to his advantage (i.e. to get child custody).