If acouple I have been renting to has split up and the woman moved out, can I rewrite the rental agreement to him without her?
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If acouple I have been renting to has split up and the woman moved out, can I rewrite the rental agreement to him without her?
It is a month-to-month contract and she has taken all of her belongings. If he initials the new rental agreement is this sufficient? I’d rather she did not return to get anything else without me being here.
Asked on August 19, 2011 Oregon
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I presume from the question you have written that you are the landlord of the unit where the couple has split up. If you want to release the woman from the month-to-month written lease, you can where the man living in the property would be the sole agreed upon tenant to the unit.
The best way to accomplish your goal is to have a whole new lease agreement drawn up and signed solely by the one person who you desire to be the tenant of the unit as well as yourself and dated with all applicable terms including, but not limited to length of the agreement.
By doing this, you have a clean start on the lease with the one agreed upon tenant.
Good luck.
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