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    Default Co-Signer on Lease, Not Notified of Changes

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Tennessee
    I live in a different State. When my child moved to Tennessee I co-signed on my child's lease. The lease expired. The lease has an auto-renewal clause. Subsequently the landlord made verbal agreements (may be written in emails between them instead of verbal) which I was not party to which completely changed the lease, including what is being leased, ie the whole property versus part of it, and the amount of rent by several hundred dollars.
    They are having disagreements now and the landlord has stated several times to my child about me being "liable for the lease."
    Does the fact that the lease was modified without me being aware of it means that they now have a month-to-month verbal agreement which I am not a party to?

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    Default Re: Co-Signer on Lease, Not Notified of Changes

    To give any sort of definitive answer would require first reading the lease and all of the writings/emails modifying the lease. I expect that you could make a strong case that your guarantee would apply only to the renewal of the original lease, and not to any expansion of the lease to new real estate or for the rent associated with that other real estate. I can't promise you that you would be able to entirely escape the lease.

    Note, whatever else may be the case, you can terminate your status as cosigner in accord with the lease terms, such that you're off the hook in the event of a future renewal.

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    Default Re: Co-Signer on Lease, Not Notified of Changes

    Thank you Mr. Knowitall.
    If there are any developments that shed further light on this I will post them to add the info to the database.

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