Congratulations on the house sale Queenie! Now go have a good time in Greece - I wish I was going with you.
Why is it that if you don't pay your mortgage, the banks can take your house and still make you pay? If you don't pay your lawyer, they will take whatever you have, but if you don't pay your X or your child support, they allow you to get away with it? No, they don't go after the offender, the X has to pay a lawyer again to get it.
There whould be a US law that makes the offending party pay for a lawyer in this situation. And interest should be 100%.