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    Exclamation Bad Roommate Agrees to Let Me Move Out, then Wants to Sue

    My question involves a roommate in the State of: Florida

    Currently I share an apartment with a former friend of mine in Miami Fl. We are both on the lease. She had been late on the rent 3 times in a row and I had covered the whole payment agreeing to allow her to repay it which she did. The 4th time, I did not offer to cover her half, thus the rent was late and lead to decision that I would move out.

    It was agreed that she would sign the roommate release and I would leave by the end of the month. This did not happen, as she stalled on picking a new roommate, resulting in having to pay another month since I can't move until I'm off this lease. After an arguement ensues about her trying to keep the whole deposit ( she did not want to pay me the half that I had given and require the roommate to pay her a deposit) she tells me she wants to move out as well. I told her I wont accept responsibility for her breaking the lease and pay half the fees since she had already agreed to allow me to move out and get a roommate, and told her that she should have told me that when we first discussed it because a lease cancellation request must be put 30 days in advance.

    There are email, text and phone records that can back this up, as well as my boyfriend who was present for the conversation, my parents, management and friends who have been involved in the whole roommate release situation, and now she is saying she wants to take me to court because I wont split the cancellation fee. On our lease it states that if one person does not agree to cancel and/or pay the cancellation fee, the other person is responsible. There is no clause that state we must split the fee. I would like some information pertaining what steps should I take, if I should countersue and under what grounds, and if I should get an lawyer or if I can do this by myself.

    Thank you very much and sorry for the lenght.

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    Default Re: Bad Roommate Agrees to Let Me Move Out, then Wants to Sue

    If she sues you, you will be able to present your version of the facts in court and the judge will decide what to do.

    Do you have anything in writing, to document that you were released? Do you have any witnesses? Take them all with you to court.

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