Answer
As a rule, the family home is exempt from execution, forced sale, or attachment (Article 155), which shields the family residence from most creditors. The exemption is not absolute — the family home may still be subjected to execution for: (1) nonpayment of taxes; (2) debts incurred before the family home was constituted; (3) debts secured by a mortgage on the premises before or after its constitution; and (4) debts due to laborers, mechanics, architects, builders, materialmen, and others who rendered service or furnished material for the construction of the building.
If the actual value of the family home exceeds the statutory limit and a creditor obtains a favorable judgment, the property may be sold on execution, but the proceeds up to the statutory amount are delivered to the family to be applied to a new family home (Article 160).