My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Arizona
I recently moved out of a property that I had a signed lease agreement through the end of April, 2012. In November, I received a letter from my landlord stating that due to a "personal situation" she needed to take back residency of her town house and wanted to terminate the lease effective January 15, 2012. I understand that legally, I could have told her no and that we had every right to stay in the residence until the end of our lease. I combed over our lease agreement in great detail and there is no early termination clause included other than the standard agreement if I (the lessee) were to terminate the lease early and the penalties I would have to pay if that were the case. I did agree to move out as my fiance and I had already been talking about getting a bigger home to accommodate our needs once we get married. I have now been out of the home for about 10 days and just received a letter from my former landlord that she is keeping my entire security deposit for damages done to the property. I did do a final walk through with the landlord once I moved out and several of the things mentioned in her letter refusing to return the security deposit were not discussed in our lengthy walk-through of the property.
My question is in two parts. First, I was told that I could have the right to request additional funds from the landlord as payment for the inconvenience of terminating our lease early, for moving expenses, etc.
Second, what is the best way for me to dispute the claims she has made as reason to not refund the security deposit?

