Robert McGee
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
In September of '21 my now ex and I moved into a home owned by an also now ex coworkers wife. Only real issues that ever came up was just being able to get a hold of her whenever it was needed like the dishwasher going out or when we had the ac checked out to see why it wasn't working even close to what it should. Back in December my ex decided she didn't want to be in a relationship and that she was going to move out in 10 days so well less than a 30 notice to both myself as well as our landlord. Well as it turned out a cousin was looking for a place s9bi mentioned it to my ex and told her that if she came over and liked the house we would break down what rent and half the utilities had been for us each month so she would know what is expected of her to pay. She agreed and I told my ex that since she was the one leaving that it was on her to contact our landlord and make the proposal of my cousin staying and anything related to that nature was her responsibility. Fast forward to today and my cousin has paid $460 the whole time she's stayed, and yes I've learned my lesson on family and renting. My ex was instructed to create and have both her and my cousin sign an agreement that my cousin would take over full I financial responsibility from my ex. That was never done. It has always been a month to month agreement and back in April I informed the landlords husband that I would be moving out on June 10th. My half of the rent is 675 and that is what I have paid on top of selling personal item's and getting a loan and paying extra. I should have paid $4,050 the last 6 months but have actually paid $4,975. The full deposit is also in my name as my ex was between jobs when we moved in. We both had dogs when we moved in and mine is a service dog that is fully registered and certified to be one. A statement was made before moving in the deposit would be for the dogs and in the excitement of everything I forgot to inform her she's not able to do so with mine being a service dog. I know have the husband texting saying that i, as in just me, am nearing $3,000 in back rent. There's never been a rental agreement between them and us since my cousin moved in and it was never a joint contact but rather more a 2 party agreeing to pay their portion of the rent together and that's why my ex and I had separate primary bank accounts as well as a joint at the same bank to pay the rent and utilities from. There are some damages that are pretty normal for having dogs and wouldn't amount to a whole lot to fix and am considering doing them myself anyways. At the end of all this my real question would be am I responsible in any way possible for my cousins portion and if not am I able to recover any of my share of both what I have overpaid as well as my deposit with possibly any deductions for anything that isn't as was when we moved in. I just want to be able to protect myself as much as I can because I have done and fulfilled my portion since I moved in. I've had to block the husband as he really isn't a part of the whole thing and has both my ex and cousins contact info but refuses to do anything but contact me. I'm really trying to figure out just where it is I'm roughly standing. Thank you in advance for any information and insight's.
