Have a long and good conversation with your husband. Regardless of true or not, tell him that you spent 13.5 years together and raised a beautiful and smart daughter. There were some good memories. You guys should be friends not enemies. Both of your goal is to keep your daugther happy. It is to your daughter's best interst to stay in the US. He can come back visit any time. Neither you nor he could take your daughter out of US to protect the other patrent's interest.
Does he want your daugther to be poor, out of school? I am sure he will say no, then ask him to ensure you and your daugther's life for the next 5 years and pay your daughter's college tuition. You need 2800/month to keep the house and pay the bills. That is a total of 168000 for 5 years. Ask him pay you in one big check 168,000. Save you both time and energy to look for a lawyer. If you hire a lawyer he is going to pay more. $80K is no where near to make the cut. You and your daughter would be homeless if he cut financial support. And you will require a court order for not allowing your daughter leave the country. This is very important. As long as your daughter is with you i dont think he will be cruel enough not to support you guys. So get a court order to ban your daughter out of the country is important.
