What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Louisiana.
A friend and I decided in August 2004 to rent a house together. Although both names were put on the lease, there was only one place for a signature and I signed. The landlord knew we were renting and splitting the rent. In March 2005, my friend decided one day to move out, without notice. She says she does not have to pay her past due rent nor the next 5 months left on the lease. All the utilities are in her name and she has paid her part of the rent for the last 8 months by a personal check. Both I and my lnadlord says she is responsible for her part of the rent and utilities until the lease is up, since she did a verbal agreement with me in front of witnesses. She says that without signing anything she is not obligated. My landlord now says that since she moved out, I have to move out because she broke the lease agreement. She also has not been paying her part of the utilities since she moved out, shouldnt she be responsible for her half to the end of the lease even though she may not live there?
What can I do? Is she obligated? What does the Louisiana Law state? What can the landlord do? What are both mine and the landlords rights in this matter?
A friend and I decided in August 2004 to rent a house together. Although both names were put on the lease, there was only one place for a signature and I signed. The landlord knew we were renting and splitting the rent. In March 2005, my friend decided one day to move out, without notice. She says she does not have to pay her past due rent nor the next 5 months left on the lease. All the utilities are in her name and she has paid her part of the rent for the last 8 months by a personal check. Both I and my lnadlord says she is responsible for her part of the rent and utilities until the lease is up, since she did a verbal agreement with me in front of witnesses. She says that without signing anything she is not obligated. My landlord now says that since she moved out, I have to move out because she broke the lease agreement. She also has not been paying her part of the utilities since she moved out, shouldnt she be responsible for her half to the end of the lease even though she may not live there?
What can I do? Is she obligated? What does the Louisiana Law state? What can the landlord do? What are both mine and the landlords rights in this matter?