Complete the forms using our Do-It-Yourself Personal Protection Order (PPO) tool. You will get the following:
- Instructions
- Petition for Personal Protection Order
- Protected Personal Identifying Information forms, if needed
- Personal Protection Order
- Mailing Address for Personal Protection Order Processing form (if you answered in the DIY tool that you don’t want the Respondent to have your address)
Your petition will be signed electronically when you download it.
Only the top half of your proposed order will be filled in. The judge will complete it if the judge grants you the PPO.
Also download and complete the following forms from the Oakland County PPO Website:
- Verified Statement Re: PPO Action
- Custody and Parenting Time for PPO Action Worksheet (if you have children in common with the Respondent)
You will need to upload these completed forms in Step 3.
Then gather any evidence (documents or images) you want the judge to review, including the following:
- Police reports
- Medical records
- Photos
- Copies of e-mails or text messages
- Letters
If you have any of these documents or images (police reports, photos, etc.), scan and save them as PDF files so you can attach them when you send your petition to the court in Step 3. If needed, you can go to the E-Services Center of the Clerk’s Office at the Circuit Court for in-person help with scanning police reports or paper copies of screenshots/photos. However, E-Services cannot help with converting images that are on your phone. You can use the free cell phone application called Genius Scan to convert documents or images into PDFs.
If you have more than one PDF, combine them into one document and put them in chronological order OR label each attachment of evidence in chronological order (EX: “1”, “2”, “3”). You can find instructions and free software to combine/merge pages into one PDF document on the Adobe website.
Please be aware that the court does not have access to police department computer systems and cannot retrieve police reports. If you mention a police report in your petition and you want the judge to review it, you need to submit a copy with your petition.
If you are an unemancipated minor younger than 14, your next friend (the adult who is helping you) must sign the completed petition if they did not sign it electronically, along with the Request for Next Friend and Order form (leaving the Order section blank). If you got a Mailing Address for Personal Protection Order Processing form, they should also sign that.
If you are an unemancipated minor age 14 or older, your next friend (the adult who is helping you) must sign the completed petition if they did not sign it electronically. If you got a Mailing Address for Personal Protection Order Processing form, they should also sign that.