Is there anything I will not be protected from?

The following are exempt from the homestead law:

  • a sale for federal, state and local taxes, assessments, claims, and liens;
  • a mortgage on the home;
  • an execution issued from the Probate Court to enforce its judgment that a spouse pay for the support of a spouse, former spouse or minor children;
  • where buildings on land not owned by the owner of a homestead estate are attached, levied upon or sold for the ground rent of the lot where they stand;
  • upon an execution issued from a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce its judgment based upon fraud, mistake, duress, undue influence or lack of capacity;
  • a lien on the home recorded prior to the creation of the homestead.