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    Default Roommate On The Lease Moved Out

    State: Minnesota

    A few months ago I ran into a girl I knew from high school we started talking again. I had told her I planned on moving out at some point once I started getting child support for my daughter. She suggested that her and I move in together, I was hesitant at first and told her that I couldn't afford it, she keep emailing me all these places and one caught my eye.
    So I checked it out and next thing I know my daughter and I are moving into a 3 bedroom town home with this girl. Before I had agreed to move in with her I told her that I could not pay for 2 rooms(or more then half the rent or utilities) she said thats okay Ill take the garage and you can have the other room for your daughter. Great we are moved out now. 2 months later I finally went to court for child support and I told her that I should be getting something soon(which after a month still haven't received) 2 days later she emails me saying that she doesn't think that it is fair what she is paying for rent since my daughter has a room and she proposed that she pay 1/3 of rent and utilities plus $25-50 for the garage. I told her that we had a verbal agreement that we split it down the middle and if I knew she was going to change that I wouldn't have gotten my daughter into this situation and I would have stayed where I was and save my money. I heard through the grapevine that she was just trying to make me mad and tell her to move out because I was mean to her, WHICH I don't think asking her to help clean and not eat mine and my daughters food is being mean. I did end up saying maybe you should just move out then but you are on a lease you are still responsible. This is her first time moving out and signing a lease. She wouldn't except my proposal which was we both pay half the rent and I pay the utilities. She said that she couldn't afford it anymore, she works more then me and gets paid more then I do and she said that she could afford it but bought all these new expensive things like a laptop and purses and went on a vacation. anyways, She moved all of her stuff out, and when she did she left one of the couches here, I asked when she would be coming to get it so I know when I can get my new furniture, her sister responded for her and said they would get it when the F***ing feel like it." I said well when I get new furniture I will put it out in the garage and they can get it from there. Her sister came running back to the door banging on it and trying to open it, I had it locked and she was yelling at me outside the door trying to unlock it, I was standing 10 feet away holding my daughter talking to my babysitter and 2 of my vulnerable Individual consumers. She gets the door unlocked and kicks the door open ripping the door frame off and starts threatening me with a bunch of crap telling me my sitter is an idiot and other stuff besides the point. She said that they would be seeing me everyday for the remainder of the lease and saying that if I move the couch out the garage I would have to pay for it, It was a free couch, it was dirty and gross and I was embarrassed that it was in my house. Anyways, I told the manager of the place, they also called her and said they kicked the door in , and she told me that she told them that she would personally help me move the couch out to the garage and said that her and her family we not allowed on the property. So the roommate wants to be off the lease dec.31. The place i'm at says they wont take her off the lease until I am comfortable with the lease, because without the room mate I wouldn't have gotten approved. She is already moved out and says she wont pay anything since she doesn't live there, BUT she is still on the lease, she is also not allowed here. The manager explains things to fast and to many things at once, about what I can do. I know I have the option to find another roommate but I don't know many people, its hard to trust people I don't know when I have a one year old daughter who is always with me. Rent is only 875 and once I do start getting child support I can struggle to make it the rest of the lease and hope someone trustworthy comes along, but for her leaving me stuck with the entire rent what can I do, she shouldn't be able to get off so easily. It is a legal document, I can't have an eviction mark on my name, my daughter and I need to be able to live! Gosh that is long, with a lot left out, Sorry, But I need all the advice, suggestions,costs anything I can get about what to do. I am stuck! Thanks so much!

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    Default Re: Roommate On The Lease Moved Out

    Okay... that was really long. Can you pull the question out of there and state it clearly?

    If your ex-roommate owes you money, you can sue her in small claims court.

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    Default Re: Roommate On The Lease Moved Out

    I can take her to small claims court. I guess thats the answer to one of my questions. Another couple questions would be, how much does that cost? What are my chances of winning, since I did say "maybe you should just move out." And since she has moved out and she was also told not to come back by the manager by the place because her and her sister threatened me and kicked down the door would she be able to move back? or would she still be liable to pay even if she isnt allowed back?

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    Default Re: Roommate On The Lease Moved Out

    Small claims court in Minnesota is called "conciliation court". It is described here.

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    Default Re: Roommate On The Lease Moved Out

    I will be taking my roommate to court for half the rent she will owe for the remainder of the lease. Since we had verbally agreed to split utilities down the middle, should I get last years utility bills and use that as an average of what should be owed? Or would that not be a good idea? Also I am wonder if she could move back in, she threatened me and stole my stuff, I have a one year old daughter and wouldn't feel comfortable if she were here with us. What could I do so that she couldn't move back in?
    Thanks, I live in Minnesota too.

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