surely the attorneys can both see that he is completely irrational, wasting all the negotiating time by frittering back and forth..he wants to keep this going on and on because it is his last shred of control, he is hanging on by his fingernails that he has chewed off...7 years on the mortgage...if you could hope he would expire by then? but he will keep going.
I hope the judge awards that he be responsible for YOUR attorney fees.