{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2950i","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2950i","heading":"Foreign protection order; validity; affirmative defenses.","body":"Sec. 2950i.\n\nA foreign protection order is valid if all of the following conditions are met:\n\nThe issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter under the laws of the issuing state, tribe, or territory.\n\nReasonable notice and opportunity to be heard is given to the respondent sufficient to protect the respondent's right to due process. In the case of ex parte orders, notice and opportunity to be heard must be provided to the respondent within the time required by state or tribal law, and in any event within a reasonable time after the order is issued, sufficient to protect the respondent's due process rights.\n\nAll of the following may be affirmative defenses to any charge or process filed seeking enforcement of a foreign protection order:\n\nLack of jurisdiction by the issuing court over the parties or subject matter.\n\nFailure to provide notice and opportunity to be heard.\n\nLack of filing of a complaint, petition, or motion by or on behalf of a person seeking protection in a civil foreign protection order.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-2950i","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"5752051bd1fedae76ca4017bdc0c9da30aa9c1e6764db645d9aab99a9277cc70","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2950h","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2950j"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}