'You can order a gajillian dollars but what will you collect?' Nick Gordon can barely pay a penny of $36million damages to Bobbi Kristina's estate despite collections lawyer being instructed to get everything

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Nick Gordon has so little money that lawyers for the estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown will struggle to collect even a dime of the $36,256,918 in damages out of him, it has been claimed.

One day after a judge ordered Gordon to pay the damages, lawyers for the Brown family have made it clear they intend to do everything in their power to get the full judgment.

'We intend to enforce the judgment against Gordon. Our first step will be to retain a collections attorney to pursue all available avenues,' Craig Terrett, the attorney for Bobby Brown, tells DailyMail.com.

'We understand that collecting the full judgment will be difficult but we want to make sure he never profits from her death. When he finally climbs out from under the rock that he is hiding under, we will be there to greet him.' 

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Judgment: Nick Gordon, 26, was ordered to pay $36million in damages after being found liable in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Bobbi Kristina's estate (Nick and Bobbi Kristina above in 2012)

Tough day: Bobby Brown (above) broke down on the stand Thursday speaking about his late daughter 

On the hook: Lawyers for the estate announced soon after that they plan to collect the full judgment from Gordon (above in September), despite the fact that he is unemployed

But a source close to Gordon'a legal team reacted to the judgment, saying: 'You can order a gajillian dollars but what will you collect?'

The source added to TMZ: 'One day they may collect part of it. If he wins the lottery.' 

Gordon had managed to make some money in the months after Bobbi Kristina went into a coma by appearing on a number of talk shows.

There is also still a chance that he could face criminal charges in the death of Bobbi Kristina, who passed away last July at the age of 22.

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said on Thursday that the investigation into her death is still ongoing.

Attorney David Ware, who was representing Bobbi Kristina's conservator Bedelia Hargrove in the wrongful death suit, also made a point of announcing that he would be going after Gordon to collect the full judgment following the ruling on Thursday.

'There was an urgent need, in my mind, to get justice for Bobbi Kristina Brown and that’s why I took the case,' said Ware. 

'We intend to pursue, with all vigor, the full collection of the judgment. The Defendant will not escape justice nor ever profit from his misdeeds. 

'We hope that in some small way this will allow Krissy’s family to continue their quest for peace.' 

Gordon was found liable in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him by Bobbi Kristina's estate this past September.  That ruling came after he failed to appear for a mandatory court appearance in Atlanta, despite the fact that he had no legal counsel and was representing himself in the civil case.

He also failed to appear in court on Thursday when the damages in the case were handed down by Judge T. Jackson Bedford, Jr. 

Gordon has not been seen in public since September, when DailyMail.com spotted him heading into a restaurant while holding a packet of white powder near his home in Florida.

Terrett told DailyMail.com that with the wrongful death suit settled, he is hoping that criminal charges will soon be filed against Gordon.

'We are pleased with the Court’s judgment and Bobby is relieved to have this chapter of the process behind him,' said Terrett.

'We are also hopeful that District Attorney, Paul Howard, will see this as an opportunity to complete his investigation and bring criminal charges against Nick Gordon. 

'The eyewitness testimony alone is sufficient to warrant charges so we are perplexed as to why the District Attorney’s office hasn’t reached the same conclusion. 

'Regardless of what the District Attorney does, Gordon needs to be held accountable for his actions and this was the only other to accomplish that goal.'

Happy days: Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive in a tub at her home almost three years to the date that her mother Whitney Houston died (Bobbi Kristina, Whitney and Bobby Brown above in 1994)

Like a son: Bobbi Kristina announced she was engaged to Gordon, who was raised at times during his childhood by Houston, in 2012 (Bobbi Kristina, Houston and Gordon in 2010 above)

Glenda Hatchett, who represented Hargrove with Ware, also spoke about why she believes criminal charges need to be filed in the case after the ruling on Thursday.

'Domestic violence is a horrible reality in our society and Bobbi suffered such horrific pain and degradation at the hands of Nick Gordon, the man she loved and trusted,' said Hatchett. 

'No one should suffer the way she did and the Judge sent a strong message in the award of punitive damages that this despicable behavior is inexcusable and will not be tolerated.'

That statement came after a long and difficult day in court that saw Bobbi Kristina's father breaking down in tears on the stand as he spoke about his daughter.   

The estate had been asking for $50million in their lawsuit, which they broke down into different counts.

Judge Bedford awarded the estate damages of $1,575,041 on the count of conversion, considerably less than the $10million the lawsuit demanded after claiming that Gordon had transferred bank funds from Bobbi Kristina's account while she was in a coma and taken one of her rings.

The estate had also requested $10million for pain and suffering in the lawsuit, and got that and then some, with Judge Bedford awarding $13,800,000 on that count. Addition punitive damages of $4,200,000 were also added to that on account of the fact that Gordon was determined to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

The biggest award however was the $15,056,000 for loss of life. All those, combined with the $1,375,877 on the count of assault and battery as it relates to Bobbi Kristina's medical costs, came out to a grand total of $36,256,918.

It is one of the largest awards that has ever been handed down by a judge, beating out the $33.5million OJ Simpson was ordered to pay in his civil suit following the deaths of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

Simpson still has yet to pay that judgment, and is currently behind bars in Nevada for armed robbery. 

A former lawyer for Gordon, Randy Kessler, said in a statement on Thursday: 'Had Mr. Gordon been present to give his side, who knows what the award, if any, would've been.'

Tragedy: Gordon was able to make money in the months after Bobbi Kristina fell into a coma by appearing on talk shows and speaking about his girlfriend

Scene: Bobbi Kristina's autopsy report showed that her face being immersed in water, along with drug intoxication, led to her death (Bobbi Kristina's home where she was found above)

Gordon has yet to comment.

Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston, passed away at the age of 22 on July 26, 2015.

She spent the final six months of her life in a medically induced coma after being found unresponsive in a bathtub at her Georgia home. 

Bobbi Kristina's body was found in her bathtub almost three years to the date that her mother Whitney was pronounced dead after suffering a similar fate while staying at the Beverly Hilton prior to the 2012 Grammy Awards.

It was Gordon who found and tried to resuscitate Houston in that incident as well, after he discovered her unresponsive in her bathtub just hours before she was due to attend Clive Davis' annual Grammy party.

Eight months after her mother's tragic passing, Bobbi Kristina announced she was engaged to Gordon, who was raised at times during his childhood by Houston and who many considered to be a brother-like figure to Bobbi Kristina.

The pair later claimed they had been married in early 2014, but Bobby Brown shot down those statements, saying the two had yet to wed.

Houston was pronounced dead on the scene after being discovered in the bathtub of her suite at the hotel, with accidental drowning, heart disease and cocaine use later cited as the causes of death.

Bedelia Hargrove (above), the executor of Bobbi Kristina's estate, filed her first suit against Gordon in June 2015

The estate claims in their lawsuit that Bobbi Kristina's death happened after Gordon had been 'out all-night on a cocaine and drinking binge.'

Bobbi Kristina and Gordon argued after he returned home at around 6am on January 31 according to the lawsuit, with the two having it out for approximately 30 minutes while two other individuals - Danyela Bradley and Max Lomas - were at the home.

The estate claims in court papers that Gordon then 'gave Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face down in a tub of cold water causing her to suffer brain damage.'

Bobbi Kristina's autopsy report showed that her face being immersed in water, along with drug intoxication, led to her death.

She was found to have morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs in her body at the time her body was found in the tub.

The medical examiner could not determine whether her death was an accident, suicide or murder however, and ruled it 'undetermined.'

In an interview with DailyMail.com after the release of Bobbi Kristina's autopsy, a happy and smiling Gordon said; 'I'm glad that s*** is all over.'

He then added; 'I just want to wish my girl a Happy Birthday. I can't say any more but it's good.'

Hargrove first filed a lawsuit against Gordon in June of 2015, while Bobbi Kristina was still in a coma.

In that initial filing, which would later become the wrongful death suit, Hargrove claimed Gordon was physically abusive on multiple occasions and stole money from Bobbi Kristina's bank accounts while she was in a coma.

It was also alleged that his actions on the day Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive in the tub were the result of him learning that she was leaving him.

Bobbi Kristina's estate, which had been bequeathed to her through her mother Whitney's will when she died in 2012, was worth approximately $20million at the time of her death.