goofymonkey33
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Michigan
I'll make this as brief as possible as I'm sure no one wants to know my whole life's history. First, I was served with divorce papers in 2014, divorce was finalized in 2015. In between hearing dates, my wife hired an attorney, totally within her rights. Immediately after being hired the attorney filed a request on my ex-wife's behalf for a PPO. I contested the PPO only for the judge to say, "She doesn't care about my ex not being afraid or there never being a physical threat or any instance of abuse." I had wrongly assumed that justice would prevail. I should have hired an attorney I believe. Now, almost 5 months after the PPO was issued, I was just served with a show cause motion for violating the PPO. I did not violate it in any way. My ex is stating I emailed her, I did not. I did however receive junk/spam email from her a week or so ago. However, I did not reply. I did save the email. She is also stating I've contacted mutual friends in an effort to gain information about her. Again, not true.
My question is, what is my best course of action here? Should I hire an attorney, or is this something that will be pretty straightforward?
I appreciate everyone's time. Thank you.
I'll make this as brief as possible as I'm sure no one wants to know my whole life's history. First, I was served with divorce papers in 2014, divorce was finalized in 2015. In between hearing dates, my wife hired an attorney, totally within her rights. Immediately after being hired the attorney filed a request on my ex-wife's behalf for a PPO. I contested the PPO only for the judge to say, "She doesn't care about my ex not being afraid or there never being a physical threat or any instance of abuse." I had wrongly assumed that justice would prevail. I should have hired an attorney I believe. Now, almost 5 months after the PPO was issued, I was just served with a show cause motion for violating the PPO. I did not violate it in any way. My ex is stating I emailed her, I did not. I did however receive junk/spam email from her a week or so ago. However, I did not reply. I did save the email. She is also stating I've contacted mutual friends in an effort to gain information about her. Again, not true.
My question is, what is my best course of action here? Should I hire an attorney, or is this something that will be pretty straightforward?
I appreciate everyone's time. Thank you.