What can be done if arrested under false pretenses/personal injury?

My permanent residence was in one state and my ex-husband's was in another. On more than one incident during visitation, he refused to bring my 2 girls home as required in our divorce decree. This happened several times. Sometimes for several weeks. I tried to get help from local law enforcement but they never helped in any way. Once, my oldest daughter called 911 and the police told her to shut the hell up. On the last incident, my ex-husband retained possession of them and told me that we had a court date for a modification the following Monday. I told him that my lawyer- that I had on retainer and the court had on file for me hadn't been notified and I was not notified about this matter or a hearing and he said too bad. I drove the 386 miles and was in court at 9 a.m. the next morning with my attorney. I sat in court for several hours and finally my attorney told me to go get the girls and that my ex-husband had said that my girls would be located at his home for me to pick up, we never had a hearing on the docket but while we were there we would try to get help getting the girls home. I drove to his home two miles from the courthouse. There was no one there. I called my attorney who called the judge back and the judge instructed my lawyer to have me go to the district attorney's office to file a complaint for a child custody violation which is now all the sudden a felony. I followed his instructions. The DA then sent me to the local Sherriff’s office where I was met by a female at the door who served me with more papers for another modification. (I was sued off and on for about 7 years with modifications to the original decree) I entered the building where I was asked again, what my name was and two deputies attempted to put cuffs on me when I was already inside the jail building at the sheriff's office. I asked them what was going on. They said I had failed to appear in court and I asked them when.