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PPO Defense 3 of 3: Civil Mutual Restraining Orders in Michigan

Michigan - Civil Mutual Restraining Order

By: Dennis M. Germain, Attorney & Counselor at Law This article is Part 3 of a 3 part series on personal protection order (PPO) defense.  In Part 1, I discussed defending against a domestic PPO.  In Part 2, I discussed

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PPO Defense 2 of 3: Defending Against “Stalking” Allegations in Michigan

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By: Dennis M. Germain, Attorney & Counselor at Law This article is Part 2 of a 3 part series on personal protection order (PPO) defense.  A PPO is a court order designed to protect a person by restraining another from

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PPO Defense 1 of 3: Defending Against Accusations of Domestic Abuse

PPO defense in Macomb, Oakland & Wayne County MI

By: Dennis M. Germain, Attorney & Counselor at Law A personal protection order (PPO) is a court order designed to protect one person by restraining another from certain specified behavior, e.g., violence, harassment, or stalking. This article is the first

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Divorce When one Spouse Controls All the Money

Economic-Abuse

By: Dennis M. Germain and Anthony A. DeMatteis. In a marriage, economic abuse can occur when one spouse controls all access to the marital assets.  This most often occurs where one spouse is the sole producer of income and the

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