Homestead Declaration: Fill & Download for Free

California government is rarely helping residents. They are more concerned about corporations and outsiders.The California Homestead Exemption In California, the bankruptcy homestead exemption is automatic—you don’t have to file a homestead declaration to claim the homestead exemption in bankruptcy (but you’ll still need to claim the homestead exemption when filling out your bankruptcy paperwork).However, you might want to file a homestead declaration to protect your homestead exemption from judicial liens and to protect the proceeds of a voluntary sale of your home for six months. It’s only for $75k if single.

Immediately analyze your situation in light of established case law (legal history of prior appellate law) by going to your law library. You will search Westlaw or another resource, usually for free, at your local Superior Court's law library.Get ready to sit down and do some reading. Search through prior judgments and cases that reflect your issues. It is fascinating to read how justices rule on the grey areas of law.I once beat a very serious lawsuit, one that could have taken my very home. In fact it did. I lost my home to an unscrupulous wealthy man who held a execution sale for a debt I strongly believed I did not owe him. However, just before the court sale, I exercised my right to a Homestead by properly filing a Homestead Declaration. Now mind you, I paid several hundred dollars to 3 competent real estate attorneys to tell me that they would not take my case. I was desperate and had nowhere to go. They all said I would lose my home to this terrible individual who used the courts to steal property away from others.I won in summary judgment after filing a new lawsuit to get my home back. I had no idea how I could have ever done it without laying forth why it was so important to the court to reverse the sale and return the property to me. Case law spelled it all out many times throughout history, even going back to the 1800's; courts had repetitively ruled that someone who files a homestead declaration and moves into their home or property to defend against an executing judgment creditor can indeed save their home. Most states have such laws.Moral of the story: there is likely a treasure trove of information out there for you dealing with similar matters that you are facing. This is not the first time a competitive business is doing something similar as another. Copyright and trademark law will undoubtedly be referenced. It is likely true that courts have already heard the argument that your petitioner is claiming. Go look up some solid case law, recite it to them, and tell them to stick it up their *ss!BTW: I once downloaded a bank's foreclosure paperwork to prepare against someone who owed me money for a loan I made them. They gave me a deed-of-trust on their property. When they didn't pay me, I didn't know how to foreclose. So I just substituted my name and events on the petition that I copied from the Superior Court Clerk's office computers that I found. It resembled my case, where someone owed money to someone else, and they hired an attorney to foreclose. My debtor filed for bankruptcy to stay the foreclosure sale. Then I went to the bankruptcy court and started examining what lawyers file for big banks that face debtors who file bankruptcy. On court day, as I had applied to lift the automatic stay that my debtor had been granted, the bankruptcy judge wanted to know where my attorney was; I told him I prepared the paperwork. myself He said "nice job - looks good - if you return next week with a mute lawyer who cannot speak, I will sign your order... but because you have no attorney, you cannot practice in Federal Bankruptcy Court. Return with an attorney and you can get your house back. " That day, in full open court, the debtor's attorney exclaimed "I just got my butt kicked by a Pro-Se"... meaning, he just lost to a person who represented themselves. I didn't even have to return to court. the attorney knew he lost by the way the judge commented... so without further embarrassment, he dropped the stay and allowed me due process to foreclose, which I did.I still have that house today, and although rental properties are a tremendous pain the butt to manage, rent, clean, repair, etc., I hope it will soon generate some substantial cash flow. In fact, I just got off the roof doing repairs until 9:30pm this evening. Oh, the joy.Do your homework at the law library, study, read the law (revised code of your state) and certainly appellate law. Then formulate your defense and stand your ground... or humbly give in if case law shows a history of your types of cases losing. The last thing you want is someone taking your home over a judgment. You are either going to pay an attorney who wants to settle this for you, make some great money and not go to court... or you are going to sacrifice some time and learn something yourself. Arm yourself with the knowledge unless you make really good money per hour.

Declaring a "Homestead" on your principal residence is a way to protect a certain amount of equity in your home from involuntary claims against your home. Here's a good link to explain a "Homestead" and you would be wise to check the laws in your state: http://www.chicagotitleconnection.com/images/PDF/HomesteadDeclaration.pdfAs far as using services to file the homestead, you could likely do it easily on your own...so save the pocket change if you care.