LegalAtoms supports Personal Protection Orders in Michigan

Recently updated on January 22nd, 2025 at 03:41 pm

LegalAtoms has launched Person Protection Orders (PPO) in Michigan which means victims of domestic violence who have access to just a smartphone can get a restraining order the same day, thereby drastically improve their personal safety and well-being and prevent crime and escalation that costs our society a much larger via the criminal case and incarceration system.

Folks in Michigan can visit LegalAtoms.com from any device such as a smartphone, laptop or tablet and step through questionnaires in plain language aimed at people with no prior legal knowledge. Then they can e-file with the court and also receive subsequent notifications Filing documents with a court is the process which means the following steps

  1. Formally submitting the case documents at the court with the office of the clerk
  2. The clerk reviews and verifies the correctness of forms and completeness of the required info
  3. Clerk enters the case in the court database, stamps the documents and assigns a case #

Electronic filing which means doing the filing process digitally is a great efficiency agent as it cuts the need to print, physically visit the court, go through security, stand in queue and then file the documents with the clerk.

Offering friendly and online access is important to the overall goal of making the justice system accessible for public, particularly the self representing litigants.