13.5Required Procedures Where Prior Orders or Judgments Affect the Parties

If a PPO petition is filed in the same court where a pending action was filed or a prior order or judgment involving the same parties was entered, the PPO petition must be assigned to the same judge. MCR 3.703(D)(1)(a).

If a PPO petition is filed in one court, and another court has a pending action, orders already entered, or judgments already entered affecting the parties, the court in which the PPO petition was filed should contact the other court, if practicable, to determine any relevant information. MCR 3.703(D)(1)(b).

If a prior court action resulted in an order providing for continuing jurisdiction of a minor, and the petition requests relief with regard to the minor, the court considering the PPO petition must comply with the notice requirements of MCR 3.205(B)(2)(a)-(b) (“the plaintiff or other initiating party must send notice of proceedings in the subsequent court to . . . the clerk or register of the prior court, and . . . the appropriate official of the prior court”). MCR 3.703(D)(2).¹