My jurisdiction is: California
My situation:
I have been off and on with my ex for a few years. Recently, we fell back in love and decided to get a place together. At the time, he was not working so, being that it was tax season, I said I would pay the deposit and the first month's rent for the apartment. It is a 13 month lease, because the first month was free if we moved in by Feb. 1st. So, I did all of that, and paid for 90% of everything. Well, by the end of the month we began having problems. He cheated on me and everything went down hill from there. I asked him to leave a few times, EVEN THOUGH HIS NAME IS ON THE LEASE, not as a co-signer, but as a co-applicant. He left for a few days and I tried to reconcile with him, but I found out that he had been staying with his ex-girlfriend, which of course really pissed me off and I officially kicked him out. All of his things were at my house, but he had been staying with her and is not coming back. Now I am stuck paying all of the rent (which I cannot afford alone) and he does not want to contribute, even since this is all his fault. It is VERY costly to get out of the lease and I definitely can not afford that. So, my question is, whether I asked him to leave or he left on his own, I plan to sue him for the money I will be out in the months to come which totals about $6500. Do you think I have a valid court case or will I just be waisting my time and money? He keeps telling me that he is not obligated nor responsible any more because he doesn't live here. When the only reason I asked him to leave was because I found that he was basically using my apartment as a storage place, being that he had been staying some where else for 2 weeks.
My situation:
I have been off and on with my ex for a few years. Recently, we fell back in love and decided to get a place together. At the time, he was not working so, being that it was tax season, I said I would pay the deposit and the first month's rent for the apartment. It is a 13 month lease, because the first month was free if we moved in by Feb. 1st. So, I did all of that, and paid for 90% of everything. Well, by the end of the month we began having problems. He cheated on me and everything went down hill from there. I asked him to leave a few times, EVEN THOUGH HIS NAME IS ON THE LEASE, not as a co-signer, but as a co-applicant. He left for a few days and I tried to reconcile with him, but I found out that he had been staying with his ex-girlfriend, which of course really pissed me off and I officially kicked him out. All of his things were at my house, but he had been staying with her and is not coming back. Now I am stuck paying all of the rent (which I cannot afford alone) and he does not want to contribute, even since this is all his fault. It is VERY costly to get out of the lease and I definitely can not afford that. So, my question is, whether I asked him to leave or he left on his own, I plan to sue him for the money I will be out in the months to come which totals about $6500. Do you think I have a valid court case or will I just be waisting my time and money? He keeps telling me that he is not obligated nor responsible any more because he doesn't live here. When the only reason I asked him to leave was because I found that he was basically using my apartment as a storage place, being that he had been staying some where else for 2 weeks.
