And that ' s the exact reason he needs to listen she shows no willingness of working with him . His options are 1 meet with an attorney 2 do nothing and just take whatever she gives him , or 3 Try to navigate this process on his own , realize at some point later that without a court order which all but requires an attorney there is likely no way for him to receive the money that is his . Realizing also that at some point he will likely be alerting her that he is trying to do this behind her back and giving her amble opportunity to spend the money so that when he finally does speak with an attorney somemostall of the money is already spent and he can ' t collect . <| sep |> I don ' t think so . They signed a lease in the existing village .