If the pre-agreed payouts are $220,000 to Alice and Ioan (combined) and $180,000 to the lawyers (combined), that’s $400,000 which would leave $1.6m from the sale. But I seem to recall the mortgage was over $1m - which, if true, is not where you’d hope to be after so many years (I think they must have re-mortgaged at some point). And there’s the mortgage arrears to pay as well. So i think it’s possible there won’t be that much left over.
Even if Ioan gets $110,000 upfront, doesn’t he still have some big tax bill to pay in France? Not to mention various other smaller debts. So whatever he’s left with, it’s not going to be life-changing money exactly.