# Asset Protection in California

> I'm writing this book for California individuals and business owners who want to know what protects their property from a lawsuit and what doesn't.

Source: https://ridleylawoffices.com/books/asset-protection-in-california/

Asset Protection in CaliforniaCover coming soon

What Works, What Fails, and What Lands You in Court

By Eric Ridley, attorney, Ridley Law

Coming soon to Amazon

[See all books by Eric Ridley](https://ridleylawoffices.com/books/)

I’m writing this book for California individuals and business owners who want to know what protects their property from a lawsuit and what doesn’t.

It isn’t out yet. This page describes what’s planned, and the contents may change before the book is published.

## What the book covers

- **How a judgment gets collected in California,** and why it matters who the creditor is and when the claim arose.
- **What the law already gives you:** insurance, the homestead exemption, retirement accounts and the other exemptions, and how marriage and community property change things.
- **Companies:** what an LLC does and doesn’t do, charging orders, and the Wyoming and Nevada LLCs sold to Californians.
- **Trusts:** living trusts, trusts for yourself, trusts for someone else, and domestic and offshore asset protection trusts.
- **Bankruptcy,** and what planning before a filing can cost.
- **The schemes sold as protection or as a way out of taxes,** how to spot a pitch, and what to do if you’ve already bought one.
- **Plans by situation,** including physicians, landlords, business owners and retirees, and what you can still do once you’ve been sued.

Every rule in the book is tied to its source. Nothing in it is help hiding assets from a creditor you already have.

## Read the free guide first

- [Asset protection in California: what works and what is a myth](https://ridleylawoffices.com/asset-protection-california/)
- [Asset protection law in California: rules and rulings by strategy](https://ridleylawoffices.com/asset-protection-rulings/)
- [Already sued in California? What you can still protect](https://ridleylawoffices.com/already-sued-california-asset-protection/)

## More books: planning ahead

- [![Cover of Before You Claim, by Eric Ridley](/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/before-you-claim-eric-ridley-cover-480.webp)Before You ClaimAvailable on Amazon](https://ridleylawoffices.com/books/before-you-claim/)
- [![Cover of The 34 Most Dangerous Estate Planning Mistakes, by Eric Ridley](/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/the-34-most-dangerous-estate-planning-mistakes-eric-ridley-cover-400.webp)The 34 Most Dangerous Estate Planning MistakesComing soon](https://ridleylawoffices.com/books/34-estate-planning-mistakes/)
- [![Cover of I Did My Trust Online. Now What?, by Eric Ridley](/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/i-did-my-trust-online-now-what-eric-ridley-cover-400.webp)I Did My Trust Online. Now What?Coming soon](https://ridleylawoffices.com/books/i-did-my-trust-online/)