Question about a house rental lease. Any smart legal people here?

[LaLaLand]

Friend of mine moved into a house with her boyfriend like 3 months ago. He was already living at the house but the landlord requires anyone who is living there full time to be placed on the lease so she had her name added also.

Fast forward to today. She is ready to split up with him and leave the place but is worried she will be obligated for future rent since her names on the lease.

Can she go to the landlord and explain that she's leaving him and be let out of her end of the lease since he'll still be living there just like before she entered the picture? I told her to give the landlord a call ASAP and see what they say. Where does she stand legally?

Thanks

 

[minendo]

Legally she stands responsible. She signed the lease so she is responsible.

 

[badluck]

She is responsible. That's why they make you sign a contract....the landlord (usually) does not care one bit about personal problems, they just want their money.

.....YMMV though depending on how nice they are (if the boyfriend agrees to have her removed from the lease).....

 

[HappyPuppy]

Your friend is screwed. This is why you don't move in with people on a whim.

 

[feralkid]

She's moving, but the (ex) boyfriend is still on the lease, right? I think the landlord only cares that people actually living in the house are on the lease. As long as bf remains, there should be no problem.

 

[apoppin]

It depends on the lease. She needs to read it very carefully. Being "placed on" or "added" to a lease may be quite different than the original agreement this girl's BF entered into with the landlord.

She may just be able to "move out" without financial responsibility simply by telling the landlord she is moving.

 

[ElFenix]

theres a couple types of people on leases, at least in texas. in my last apt i was, technically, a resident, not a lessee, which means that i was not liable for anything, but also didn't have my credit rating go up based on paying things on time. we did this because my roommate had already been living there a year when i signed on and it was cheaper to do it that way.

 

[LaLaLand]

Still holding out hope that the landlord will feel bad for her and let her out since the landlord is a woman also and might take pitty on her. Otherwise she's responsible for rent and damages etc if the bum doesnt pay rents or damages the place. Wonder when the current lease expires, I didnt get into all the details.

:disgust:

:|

thanks for responces

 

[LaLaLand]

Originally posted by: feralkid
She's moving, but the (ex) boyfriend is still on the lease, right? I think the landlord only cares that people actually living in the house are on the lease. As long as bf remains, there should be no problem.

Exactly, he was already living there when she moved in with him. And yea anyone actually living full time in the house is required to be added on the lease. I wonder if that means you just had to add their name as a resident or if they actually had to sign assuming some of the responsibility of the rent etc...

LOL I need to see what she's gotten herself into...... Women!

 

[Ylen13]

no she can move and inform the landlord she is not living their anymore. The boyfriend is the person that signed the contract not her.She just added the the information to the lease becaue she was leaving their and she is only responsibel for the time she was leaving their.If the boyfriend were to move out before her it would have been her responsibility to continue paying.If she decidet to move the landlord would first go after boyfriend and she coudn't get any money outof him would then turn around and go after the her.

 

[Miramonti]

I'm curious if its even legal for a landlord to force all (new) tenants, like your friend, to be on the lease once the apartment is already leased to the first tenant.

 

[Ylen13]

Originally posted by: jjsole
I'm curious if its even legal for a landlord to force all (new) tenants, like your friend, to be on the lease once the apartment is already leased to the first tenant.

i think she can but don't quote me on that.

 

[badluck]

I should add that when I added a friend to my lease (a month ago) they were told that by signing the lease they were just as much responsible as I was for the apartment. In addition, the contract they signed was no different than my contract.

That was my experience....check with the landlord though

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: badluck
I should add that when I added a friend to my lease (a month ago) they were told that by signing the lease they were just as much responsible as I was for the apartment. In addition, the contract they signed was no different than my contract.

That was my experience....check with the landlord though

Forget asking the landlord . . . READ the lease!!!

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: jjsole I'm curious if its even legal for a landlord to force all (new) tenants, like your friend, to be on the lease once the apartment is already leased to the first tenant.

i think she can but don't quote me on that.

I posted the question on lawguru.com. If someone replies I'll post the answer here altho it may take a while.

 

[LaLaLand]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Ylen13

Originally posted by: jjsole I'm curious if its even legal for a landlord to force all (new) tenants, like your friend, to be on the lease once the apartment is already leased to the first tenant.

i think she can but don't quote me on that.

I posted the question on lawguru.com. If someone replies I'll post the answer here altho it may take a while.

Did you post my original question or the question of forcing tenants to be on the lease after it's already been leased to someone? Link?

Thanks yall.

 

[ElFenix]

why doesn't she read her lease and find out?