Scheider v. Ackerman

Respondent, Thomas Ackerman, asks us to declare void a plenary order of protection entered against him. He argues that the court entered the plenary order after the interim order expired, but that the trial court lost jurisdiction over the entire matter when the interim order expired. A plenary order, or its denial, is the final order in an order of protection case; we find no precedent for respondent’s suggestion that the court’s jurisdiction can expire before the court has entered a final order. We therefore conclude that respondent’s argument is meritless and so affirm the trial court’s…