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Contact Info
6th Circuit Court

248-858-0344

1200 N Telegraph Rd
Department 404
Pontiac, MI 48341-0404

8:30am - 4:30pm

By court order, weapons and cutting instruments are NOT permitted.

County Holiday Schedule

Personal Protection Orders

How to File a PPO

  • Complete PPO Petition and Proposed Order by using Michigan Legal Help.
    • Note: you MUST have a valid email address to begin your PPO filing.

You must include your contact information on your PPO petition to ensure that your rights are protected. Without this information, the court will not be able to schedule a hearing for you in the event your PPO is denied.

Your email and phone number will be used by the court to contact you for questions or sending correspondence.

  • All forms must be signed by petitioner.
  • All attachments must be in Adobe .pdf format.
    • For information on signing a petition saved as a PDF visit Adobe .

For questions related to filing a NEW PPO or completing motion forms, please call 248-303-1534 OR email your questions to ppo@oakgov.com.

Note: PPO Office staff cannot assist with questions related to any PPO forms or motions that have been submitted in MiFile. If you have questions about your MiFile submission, please contact e-filing at 248-858-0582.

The PPO office staff cannot tell you the status of a pending PPO petition nor why a PPO request was denied.

Staff cannot give legal advice.

Overview

A Personal Protection Order, or PPO, is an order issued by the Circuit Court. It may protect you from being hit, threatened, harassed or stalked by another person. The PPO may also stop someone from coming into your home or bothering you at work. It can stop them from buying a firearm or finding your address through school records. It can also stop them from taking your minor children unless required by the court. If you are looking to file documents, motions and proofs of service related to an existing PPO case, view these e-file instructions.

Types of PPO

The type of PPO is determined by how you know the other person and not the behavior. Please review the following to determine which PPO is appropriate.

Use these forms if the person you want restrained is 18 years of age or older and:

  • You are married to the person you want restrained or

  • You are not married to the person you want restrained, but you live with or have lived with them and they are not your unemancipated minor child or

  • You and the person you want restrained have a child in common

  • You and the person you want restrained have or had a dating relationship.

For answers to many Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) please review the Procedural Instructions for Personal Protection Orders.

Complete the forms below to request a Domestic Personal Protection Order (PPO).  These are pdf files that may be completed in Adobe or printed, completed legibly, scanned to a computer, and emailed to the PPO Office.

If you don't understand something on the forms or have any questions about completing them, please call the PPO Office at 248-303-1534 and leave a message or email your question to ppo@oakgov.com .

A Domestic Against a Minor PPO may not be issued if you and the person you want restrained have a parent/child relationship and the person you want restrained is an unemancipated minor.

Use these forms if the person you want restrained is older than 10 years of age, but under 18 years of age and you have a domestic relationship with the person.

If the petitioner is a minor or a legally incapacitated individual, he/she must complete the Request for Next of Friend and Order (MC 319) to complete the process to request a PPO.

For answers to many Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) please review the Procedural Instructions for Personal Protection Orders.

Complete the forms below to request a Domestic Personal Protection Order (PPO) Against a Minor. These are pdf files that may be completed in Adobe or printed, completed legibly, scanned to a computer, and emailed to the PPO Office.

If you don't understand something on the forms or have any questions about completing them, please call the PPO Office at 248-303-1534 and leave a message or email your question to ppo@oakgov.com .

Use these forms if the person you want restrained is 18 years of age or older and you do not have a domestic relationship to this person.

For answers to many Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) please review the Procedural Instructions for Personal Protection Orders.

Complete the forms below to request a Non-Domestic Stalking Personal Protection Order (PPO). These are pdf files that may be completed in Adobe or printed, completed legibly, scanned to a computer, and emailed to the PPO Office.

If you don't understand something on the forms or have any questions about completing them, please call the PPO Office number or 248-303-1534 and leave a message or email your question to ppo@oakgov.com .

A Non-Domestic Stalking PPO Against a Minor may not be issued if you and the person you want restrained have a parent/child relationship and you are an unemancipated minor.

Use the below forms only if you want a Personal Protection Order against someone under 18 years of age. The age of the petitioner does not apply.

If the petitioner is a minor or a legally incapacitated individual, he or she must proceed through a Next of Friend - MC 319 who must be present with the petitioner for the process.

If there is no such parent/child relationship, however, a person under age 18 may be a party in a PPO action. A child under the age of 10 may not be a respondent in a PPO action.

The below forms must be completed in order to process a Personal Protection Order (PPO) Against a Minor in a Non-Domestic Relationship. These are pdf files that may be completed in Adobe or printed and completed.

Before completing these forms, please review the Procedural Instructions for Personal Protection Orders.

If you don't understand something on the forms or have any questions about completing them, please call the PPO Office number or 248-303-1534.

Use these forms if the person you want restrained (from sexually assaulting you or threatening to sexually assault you) is 18 years of age or older, you do not have a domestic relationship with this person, and this person has:

  • Previously been convicted of a sexual assault against you; or
  • Subjected you to, threatened you with, or placed you in a reasonable apprehension of sexual assault, or
  • Previously been convicted of furnishing you, a minor, with obscene material; or
  • Furnished you, a minor, with obscene material.

The below forms must be completed in order to process a Personal Protection Order (PPO) against Non-domestic Sexual Assault. These are pdf files that may be completed in Adobe or printed and completed.

Before completing these forms, please review the Procedural Instructions for Personal Protection Orders.

If you don't understand something on the forms or have any questions about completing them, please call the PPO Office number or 248-303-1534.

Use these forms if the person you want restrained (from sexually assaulting you or threatening to sexually assault you) is under the age of 18, you do not have a domestic relationship with this person, and this person:

  • Is subject to an order of disposition or other adjudication based on a sexual assault against you; or
  • Has subjected you to, threatened you with or placed you in a reasonable apprehension of sexual assault; or
  • Is subject to an order of disposition or other adjudication based on furnishing you, a minor, with obscene material; or
  • Has furnished you, a minor, with obscene material.

The below forms must be completed in order to process a Personal Protection Order (PPO) Non-domestic Sexual Assault Against a Minor. These are pdf files that may be completed in Adobe or printed and completed.

Before completing these forms, please review the: Procedural Instructions for Personal Protection Orders.

If you don't understand something on the forms or have any questions about completing them, please call the PPO Office number or 248-303-1534.

Below is a list of In-House forms required by Oakland County for use in preparing various types of Personal Protection Orders (PPO). These are pdf files that may be completed in Adobe or printed and completed.

Below is a list of forms (in order by form number) developed by the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) for use in preparing Personal Protection Orders (PPO). These are pdf files that have been customized for use in Oakland County. They may be completed in Adobe or printed and completed.

Note: The most recent revision of SCAO approved forms for use anywhere in Michigan is also available.

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Contact Info
6th Circuit Court

248-858-0344

1200 N Telegraph Rd
Department 404
Pontiac, MI 48341-0404

8:30am - 4:30pm

By court order, weapons and cutting instruments are NOT permitted.

County Holiday Schedule