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    Post Released from Lease, but Being Sued for Rent

    My question involves a roommate in the State of: TX

    After an intensely complicated series of problems with my now ex-roommate (spanning several months and costing well over $300), I decided that it would be in both of our best interests for me to move out. I spoke with our landlord and she agreed to allow us to sublease, as long as we provided a suitable replacement. I placed ads in the student housing website and I began to receive a flood of emails from interested potential roommates. I had assured my roommate that I would help find a responsible replacement that I would be liable for and began forwarding these emails to him. Sometime during this process, my roommate decided that he no longer wanted a subleaser and refused to even look at the potential roommates that I had screened.
    Soon situations in our apartment became hostile and I vacated the apartment seven months before the lease ended, knowing full well the potential consequences. The following week he completely released me from the lease (written and signed by the landlord, roommate and I). Now he is suing me for rent for months after I vacated the apartment. Both of our names were on the lease but we had no written agreement as to the proportion of rent owed.

    My question: Since he signed the release form can he sue me for following months' rent?

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    Default Re: Released from Lease, but Being Sued for Rent

    Present the release to the court, and argue that it releases you from the rent claim.

    We haven't read it, so we can't tell you how a court will interpret it.

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