I once took somebody to the small claims court. I was a bit concerned about this, because the guy was a silver tongued liar and, to be fair, rather more charming than me. In the event, he just ignored the whole thing, I got a judgement in my favour without turning up in court. He still wouldn't pay, so I sent the bailiffs in to his office, at which point he coughed up. It took a while, but I got my money. He disappeared without trace not long after owing a large amount of money.
Some people might consider your daughter an evil bread head for trying to get her money back. I don't have much sympathy with that outlook, but I guess it does depend on the relative value of the money + justice against the stress of extracting it as to whether it's worth proceeding.