Ah Pax, I'm so sorry.

I don't want to make light of your situation in any way, but I wish the many, many people in this world who don't understand why I don't go against the advice of experts I have talked to and file could read your posts. For some of us, it is not just a simple file and be done.

I'm glad you are in a better mental place. It is hard to get there and stay there, but being busy usually feels better than the alternative.

I wonder what your lawyer thinks of the threats? I often see a big flurry of garbage before someone gives up. It sounds like maybe he needs a "team of accountants and lawyers" to fight this thing because the ones he has talked to have told him he is hosed. I would try to write this off as the bully posturing (and bullies are all just cowards in reality), put it to the back of your mind, and just stay the course to get what you are entitled to. The judge has already sanctioned him. They have his number. Sounds a bit like a tempest in a teapot to me.

Stay safe in the world and focus on the better life on the other side of this.