If you are in immediate danger, call 911. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 at 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788. A Personal Protection Order (PPO) is a court order that legally prohibits someone from contacting, threatening, following, or harming you. In Michigan, you can ask a judge for a PPO without paying a filing fee and without an attorney, and in urgent situations a judge can issue one the same day you ask. October is Domestic Violence Aware