marrying not long before bk7...effect on homestead exemption?

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I'm in California...My girlfriend and I were planning to get married next year, but now we're wondering if it would make sense to accelerate it so it happens before I declare BK7 this year. We were wondering, specifically if my being married would raise my homestead exemption from 75k to 100k even if only I was filing. (She lives here already and that would not change) The other thing of course is what liability might it be to her - we hold no assets together and have no debts together. Any thoughts? I do have the equity in the place to make use of the 100k exemption. Would she have to be on the title?