Thank you both. Those were my assumptions. I was actually notified by my landlord of their intent to vacate prematurely and fully understand my financial responsibility should the subtenant in fact leave. Immediately after I was notified I began trying to find an additional tenant to take over...
I am renting a commercial property and found a subtenant to assume the lease on my behalf for the remainder of the contract between the landlord and myself. This was approved be the landlord. A contract was signed by myself and the subtenant. The subtenant has always paid rent on time and is up...