you ARE making progress and i am really proud of you (don't mean that to sound condescending!). i just encourage you not to dawdle too much!
so since his net worth is going in the sh*tter with an almost unavoidable lack of future income stream, what is YOUR plan to be self sufficient? have you discussed property laws in your state with your attorney? cuz miss doom and gloom here sees a mortgage going into default, a business going under with vendors going unpaid, along with taxes, insurance, maxed credit cards....stop me if i'm wrong here.