Recent content by neoplop

Your recourse would be to sue your roommate and try to collect on a judgment if it is in your favor.

Unless there is a provision to the contrary in your lease, all co-signors are usually responsible for the full amount of rent.

The tenant who signed the lease has effectively entered into a sub-leasing verbal agreement with your daughter. So yes, this makes him a landlord. Check the tenant law in your state that applies to situations when no written lease exists. This will dictate the procedure for the refund of...

I take it you didn't ask the landlord for a written release of responsibility when they accepted your roommate's promise to pay. You should have. There is probably a clause in your lease that provides that not acting to collect rent or evict a tenant does not cancel their rights under the...

She could get a restraining order against you but she will have to show cause. If her lease is month-to-month or about to expire, depending on where you live and how protective of tenant's rights the law is there, the landlord could let the lease expire. You could then enter into a separate...

Here's a puzzle: A will provides for a cash legacy to a minor, to be placed in a trust until the minor beneficiary attains the age of majority. The trust is established by the will in the place of death (Ontario), where the age of majority is 18. The beneficiary is a resident of New...