Utility bills like gas and electric service are paid in arrears meaning there is a closing date when they read the meter [usually every 30-31 days] then send the bill. So the bill for July will be for the stated period,not necessarily from the first of a month. Calculate the number of days in that billing cycle you resided there and make a fraction. Example: if you lived there 20 days out of a 30 day period multiply the $$ by 20 and divide by 30. Then if you normally pay half you will pay half of that. Ditto cable and Internet but again the billing period isn't the same for all services so you will need to request a copy [or go online and view it if you set up an online acct w/utility]. Include with payment [show your math] how you arrived at the amt. Rise above the pettiness of the disagreement and meet your obligations as originally agreed. Separate the disagreement from your obligation to pay for what you used.

It sounds like you are just trying to justify a way of screwing him and have a clear conscience while doing so. Not once did you say you don't own the money so pay him. Just because you had a falling out is no excuse what so ever for trying to bilk him out of it. Who cares that your relation knows the laws, it's a moral issue here and so far it looks like yours is pretty low.

Take the amount of the bill and divid it by the amount of days you were there left in the month. Than pay that amount. He might have a legitimate claim. But really it's up to you. I don't think that he will do it because he would have to pay more to do small claims court, which is where he would fight this out, than he says that you own him. Good Luck!

Based on what you said here, you ALREADY lost the friendship.

If the bills in question are or something you actually used, such as your share of utilities for the time you lived there you should pay. You managed to leave out EVERYTHING that actually matters to the issue. It may be subconscious, but it is likely INTENTIONAL.

Yes, I would. Bills are not grudge tools, they are obligations to pay.

If you do not pay him, he will be $60 poorer and have paid your share if he has to pay because the bill is in his name.

I had to pay phone bills for a roommate who moved out and did not care any more. Do not shaft this person.

Pay what you owe, ask for an explanation in writing and get a written receipt. Hey it is not that much, I would say about a day's earnings for an adult?

What bills are they asking you to pay? Were you paying for this when you lived with them? Without details it's impossible to say if this request is legitimate or not.

Most bills come after the service so you owe. Not paying shows a lack of moral character.

Correction: The bills were 3 months of electricity & I wasn't present those months I owed him for

Was there any sort of agreement? Even an oral contract is legally binding. Were you paying rent monthly at the beginning of the month?

My roommate & I got into bad terms. After I moved out, he wants me to pay last bills. Like sixty dollars. There's no contract or nothing. What would you do? Honestly if I paid him, if just be sixty dollars poorer & lost a friend. Thing is he might submit a claim. Should I worry? Usually I don't cuz my relative knows the law well. They got my back. But wanted to ask if I should pay or not? Before you say I should, imagine if this were you. Would you pay someone without having contract & in bad terms with them? I think not.

If I owed the money, then I would pay, despite the falling out. You should always honor your debts no matter what the situation.

Just pay the man

If you pay, pay by check, written to him, with the notation in the memo space "paid in full." When he cashes it he accepts the terms of the memo.