Boyfriend/girlfriend. I travel for my job, and while I have been away, my now ex-girlfriend has taken up with another man. She has no job, and no way to pay any of the rent. I have asked her to sign me off the lease, but she refuses because she won't be able to afford the rent. I have begged her to leave, and she insists that she can stay as long as she wants. She is very hateful, and may cause damage to my things. Can I pursue some sort of legal action to force her to leave. I cannot live in a situation in which she cannot pay rent and will keep seeing the other man in the house that I pay for. Both of our names are the lease, although I never signed, because I was out of town when she rented the place. Maybe I could get out of the lease that way. Please, please help, I am miserable.