What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
This happened in the state of NH.
My (now) ex-girlfriend and I rented a house and the lease was signed December 1st, 2013. When the lease was written up, both of our names were on it, but there was only one spot for the tenant to sign, so i signed it and she did not. We ran into an issue after about four months into the lease when a bank transfer that she made from her account to mine (She uses a prepaid debit card as a bank account, i use a checking/savings account through my credit union) for rent was supposed to take 24 to 48 hours according to her, yet ended up taking 10 days, consequently causing not only our rent check to bounce, but also caused a chain reaction that resulted in over $700 in fees, and put us behind on rent. At this point, handling financial affairs for the household went from my hands to hers. We had explained the situation to our landlord, and it took us about two months to get caught up. After that, she dealt with the landlord herself, and I was kind of cut out of the loop. (I wouldn't dare make presumptions, but suffice it to say, a LOT of bills did not get paid when she took over the money)
Around the first of October, I discovered she was being unfaithful to me, so it was immediately escalated into a situation where one of us needed to go. Once again, she dealt with the landlord before i had a chance to talk to him, and came back to me mid-October telling me that she had signed a new lease with him, and that I needed to move out. At this point, I was done arguing- the stress on myself, my kids, and her daughter was too much and it was just easier to pack up and go and leave her in the house, since she claimed to have had a new lease anyways.
So i guess what my question really is, is was it legal for him to make a new lease when I was in good standing, was not behind and was under no type of process to demand that I leave the premises from him? And what about my half of the security deposit? Would this be something I had to chase after her for, or would I go after him?
This happened in the state of NH.
My (now) ex-girlfriend and I rented a house and the lease was signed December 1st, 2013. When the lease was written up, both of our names were on it, but there was only one spot for the tenant to sign, so i signed it and she did not. We ran into an issue after about four months into the lease when a bank transfer that she made from her account to mine (She uses a prepaid debit card as a bank account, i use a checking/savings account through my credit union) for rent was supposed to take 24 to 48 hours according to her, yet ended up taking 10 days, consequently causing not only our rent check to bounce, but also caused a chain reaction that resulted in over $700 in fees, and put us behind on rent. At this point, handling financial affairs for the household went from my hands to hers. We had explained the situation to our landlord, and it took us about two months to get caught up. After that, she dealt with the landlord herself, and I was kind of cut out of the loop. (I wouldn't dare make presumptions, but suffice it to say, a LOT of bills did not get paid when she took over the money)
Around the first of October, I discovered she was being unfaithful to me, so it was immediately escalated into a situation where one of us needed to go. Once again, she dealt with the landlord before i had a chance to talk to him, and came back to me mid-October telling me that she had signed a new lease with him, and that I needed to move out. At this point, I was done arguing- the stress on myself, my kids, and her daughter was too much and it was just easier to pack up and go and leave her in the house, since she claimed to have had a new lease anyways.
So i guess what my question really is, is was it legal for him to make a new lease when I was in good standing, was not behind and was under no type of process to demand that I leave the premises from him? And what about my half of the security deposit? Would this be something I had to chase after her for, or would I go after him?
