My roommate and I are having some issues and I want to leave my apartment with out breaking my lease because it looks bad on your credit. My roommate cannot sign me off until he has someone else on the lease with him which will be in November. The person that wants to move in doesn't want to sign a lease for some reason so my roommate said he is willing to sign some kind of contract stating that as of 11/1/08 I am no longer financially responsible for our apartment. Would this document be legally binding even though we signed a lease? I'm worries his friend won't pay rent and my roommate will call me for the money and I don't want to be responsible for it if I'm not living there. What are my best options?