Successfully preparing, defending, or opposing a Personal Protection Order involves a thorough understanding of the laws, procedures, and the standards applied by referees and judges in hearings that may be requested to set aside a PPO. A valuable reference tool will help you understand all of these things. Available on the website of the Michigan Judicial Institute, the Domestic Violence Benchbook contains about 678 pages, was revised and copyrighted in 2004. The PDF file is available here:
http://courts.mi.gov/education/mji/Publications/Documents/Domestic-Violence.pdf
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