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    eunice5370 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 21, 2006, 03:44 PM
    Can I break the lease early
    My boyfriend and I signed a 1year lease 3 months ago. We just broke up and I can't afford to pay the 1500 a month alone. I need to move out. I live in Florida and will move to NY with family. Is it true that in Fl you can break a lease if you move out of the state?
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    Jul 21, 2006, 04:55 PM
    Hello eunice:

    I had never heard of such a proposition before, so I scoured the Florida landlord/tenant statutes. You can find them here:

    http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/ind...083/PART02.HTM

    Sorry. I found nothing that allows you to break your lease because you are moving out of state.

    excon
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    Jul 21, 2006, 05:45 PM
    No that is 100% false. In any state.
    If you want to break the lease. Why not call your landlord and tell them what you want to do.
    You and the boyfriend are equally responsible
    For the entire term of the lease. However the landlord must show that they made and continued to make an aggressive effort to rent the unit.
    Until it is rented you and your boyfriend are both responsible for the monthly rent. The court
    Will have to be completely convinced that the landlord made every effort to rent the dwelling and for reasons of perhaps the unit was trashed or the rental market is slow will the court award the landlord the $ for the entire 9 months remaining on the lease. Typically the landlord has it rented out in a month 2 months tops. This varies of course on the landlord and the property.

    From now on consider only a month to month rental agreement when renting a place to live. Good luck to you.


    Quote Originally Posted by eunice5370
    My boyfriend and I signed a 1year lease 3 months ago. We just broke up and I can't afford to pay the 1500 a month alone. I need to move out. I live in florida and will move to NY with family. Is it true that in Fl you can break a lease if you move out of the state?
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    Jul 21, 2006, 05:52 PM
    In Florida the landlord is not required to make any effort to find new tenants, unlike in other states. The only way I know out from under it, is to sublet it if that is permitted (read over your lease agreement carefully) or find a new tenant and hope your landlord will be reasonable about it.
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