It's a tough one, but really - it sounds like $1,800 is cheap to get him out of your daughter's life. Hopefully she will learn from the experience and be more discriminating about who she dates in the future. I've seen some friends' nice, intelligent and well-adjusted daughters go through a phase of dating utter drop-kicks. The best explanation I've heard is that it's a "broken bird" thing. Some girls think they can fix these blokes and make them better... only they can't. The sooner they realise this, the better.
Going down legal avenues could easily cost you thousands, only to discover that he owes money all over the place and you'll never get a cent from him. The law seems to protect these types of people and they all know it.
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