Covering our butts exiting rental agreement
First a little back story, my wife and I are currently renting from her mother, the house my wife grew up in, now we are in the process of buying our first house. She asked us before we leave to fix up anything that we may have damaged, that's fine no problem there. The problem that I have is that now is, from what I understood, is that she is basically saying we caused water damage to the faux wood floor in the kitchen near the sink. This flooring was installed (poorly) over the original tiles shortly after they bought the house in the late 90s-early 2000s.
My main concern is that I don't want to get stuck replacing/repairing an old floor that has had a lot of wear and tear in a kitchen area over a period of a decade or more. Is there a way I can be proactive in covering my butt in case she does take legal action against us?