Need advice on a matter of a lawsuit?

[hjortur]

my daughter was born in 2003 and since then to present, i have been going though hell with lies from the mother and she is doing this out of anger of losing her daughter to me of having custody.
i have been slandered,have non-violent protection orders against me and all of them were false statements,but the judge granted them. i had 2 served on me of a total of 4 years and they all expired and the mother put a 3rd protection order against me and the judge dropped it due to a no show on her part, but she lied and i was arrested and thrown in jail for 24 hrs. on a false charge of a violation charge of a p.f.a.against me, that was never there or on files in court and according to the d.a., i am threaten by jail time. my lawyer knows the truth, but i am scared to death because i am a non violent person or will hurt anyone.
all my family says that i have a good lawsuit of suing her for false arrest,false imprisonment, slander,defamation of character and emotional abuse of her lying . do i have a good lawsuit and what can i sue for ? i have never done a lawsuit.

[jan46]

Yes if what you say is true you have a good lawsuit and stand a good chance of receiving a judgment against her; but, a judgment isn't money. You can't get blood from a stone and so if she has no assets your judgment is basically worthless. You can't seize empty bank accounts or brokerage accounts, you can't put a lien on property she doesn't own.

I suspect your best course of action would be to do nothing to antagonize her and hope that in time she'll get over it.