Q: My ex spouse threatened to shoot me 2 years ago, and I'm wondering if there is a basis for a legal case
My ex spouse threatened to shoot me 2 years ago, and at first she denied that during my divorce hearing under oath, but during the next hearing, she confessed about it for the record.
She also previously filed 2 DCF cases and 1 domestic violence case against me, which were never proven.
Now, she filed another DCF case, which will be proven wrong again because it's all fake.
I was wondering if anything could be done against her in a legal way to stop harassing me and spread defaming information against me.
Does that potentially constitute a winning case? We are FL residents, but she is stationed in Hawaii for active duty and our son lives with me full time pretty much, she has minority time sharing and they meet for vacations
A: Theoretically, it could be a criminal assault case (if she threatened to shoot you at the same time she made the threat), or a criminal case for perjury, but I would doubt that the criminal authorities (either in Florida or in the military) would elect to prosecute. If by "a legal case", you are asking about a civil suit, your prevailing in such a case would be doubtful.
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