> Break an apartment lease due to marriage?

Break an apartment lease due to marriage?

Posted at: 2015-03-04 
I doubt that "being with the man I love" is a clause in your lease.

So - no - that is not a reason for breaking a lease.

If you want to leave sooner than when lease is up - talk to your landlord. Maybe he will work with you. Often if they can rent it - they will release you.

If he won't - then you can move any time you want - knowing you owe for the length of the lease - until it's rented again.

No not without paying. You can move at any time but you will be charged what ever lease break fee was stated in the lease or if none was stated they can charge you rent through the end of the lease or until they have a new tenant.

You need to check in with your landlord & see what your options are.

You may break the lease when ever you would want. Normally there is a financial penalty for breaking your lease.

You might have a sympathetic landlord. You might try to explain your situation to the landlord and explain that you would be happy to assist in finding a replacement tenant.

Your landlord is not required to assist you, but you never know until you ask. ASK!!!

From one combat veteran thanks for your boyfriend serving.

I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck.

"FIGHT ON"

If you have a decent relationship with your landlord, you should be able to work something out. Explain to them about the Army situation, and see what happens. Typically they'll just keep your security deposit. The worst that can happen is a "no" :)

Yep, there is one way you can do this. Because your signed the contract and agreed to make the payments, legally you are screwed. But that is only if that person decides to get the money they are owed from you. You should prevent that step by simply talking with them. Let them understand your situation and pray to God that they have mercy. Now because you sign the contract, you will still have to pay eventually. You have to really assure to them that you will pay later. Hope this helps. If you would like to ask me a question personally... poeticanswer@gmail.com Good luck!

First of all you need to know that yur fiance is property of the military and has no freedom to do what he wants to do. He can't go where you are, and can't do what you want him to do. If you plan a wedding (and your parents pay for it) then you'd need a place to hold that and sometimes that takes a reservation one year ahead so you can't just jump into this. Depending on his job he may be sent overseas and can't get back for that so then what? If he wants to get married first he needs to talk with his CO about it and get it approved that he's allowed to do that. Then a date would need to be set, and then he'd have to work out a place for you to stay (in base housing?). So he may get orders. So you might not "be with the man you are in love with". Don't plan to break your lease until all of this is ironed out, dates are set, reservations made, etc. Mature people wait for each other and don't just make quick and hasty decisions.

No, you can not break lease legally without paying a lease breaking payment.

You can always break your lease, but you cannot do so without financial penalty. You cannot use the military clause to break your lease since you signed it prior to your marriage.

got some good answers....simply for knowledge, consider this....especially if the landlord is a jerk...just leave.....you can be nice about it...you pretty much are giving up the deposit...land lord isn't out any money unless he chooses not to rent it....

I seriously doubt it. You would need the accord of the LL to take over the Apt.

My fiance and I want to get married. He's in the Army and stationed about 12 hours away from me right now. I have about five months left on my lease and I would like to not wait any longer to be with the man I am in love with.

I am living in Ohio. Is there any way I can make this work to be able to break my lease? I would be more than willing to help find someone to take over my apartment for me. It's just a matter of when.

Ask the landlord what it would cost you to break the lease.

You can pay whatever it costs. Talk to the LL, only they can help you.

Discuss this with your landlord....not us.