He's been paying $300 a month the entire time with the total beiny roughly 80k over the years. He does all the home repairs and improvement work around the house using his own money. They built an additional garage addition on the house using both their money and a lot of his labor

No, she's never had children. That's the reason she decided to foster at the age of 50

He's had a job throughout the marriage. He's been unemployed since covid basically

They hate either, yes. Her worst fear is giving any money to him... I agree with you! 💯, but her thought process does not

He has a record of "paying rent" via checks to my grandma in law ($400/mo over 25 yrs), but how does he prove the thousands he's spent on home renovation/repairs/maitance and remodels over the years?

This has been the most professional response, I appreciate you. Thank you

Thank you, I agree he has some (italic font) claim to property/assets, but what questions or road blocks do you think he faces?

This is great, thank you. This is why I've told him the 1st step is a laywer. But I just want ammo to go into the meeting with the laywer with so I'm not shooting into the dark

No pre-nup at at all, but she used a gifted property (before marriage) as collateral for the 2nd property

This is wonderful, thank you! She was gifted a house before marriage, but just used this house as collateral for a lake house this year.. does this affect the original gift? Or?

She is not a dumb women. Honestly she's outsmarted my dad my entire life. How can I help protect him?

What and how could she hide it?