I was on a year lease with a co-tenant/roommate. About 4 or 5 months before the lease was to expire she called me up to say she was moving in 1 week. Since I was actually pretty thrilled with her leaving and she agreed to pay the next month's rent to give me time to find a new roommate, I didn't put up a fight. I called my landlord to get their take, and they told me that as long as I was okay with taking over the entire lease, they would remove her name after she gave them 30 days written notice. My landlord then told me that I would be responsible for giving her her part of the deposit.
She never gave notice. But she still moved out. I found a new roommate and my lease has since go to a month to month tenancy. I instructed my landlords to remove her name from the lease, since she abandoned the apartment and was no longer paying rent. I believe they did so. My question is about the deposit. I never paid her. She's not going to demand it either. So my landlord has to refund the full $1600 to me, correct? I only paid half of the deposit, and I am a little wary that my landlord will try to refund only the part I paid. I am probably anticipating a problem that won't occur. But I was curious. California law applies.

