MichellGrf
Member
What is the name of your state? Iowa
My daughter and her “friend” lived in a trailer (shared lease) from March-August. Water and energy were in the roommates name and the cable bill was in my daughters name. The mother of the roommate sent a letter to my daughter stating that she paid the utility bill, which was in the roommates name, and that my daughter had two weeks to pay her or she would take her to court. My daughter is a authorized user on the energy account and was able to verify that as of 6 days after the letter was post marked the bill has in fact not been paid.
I am trying to determine how best to handle this. Even if the two roommates had a 50/50 agreement then my daughter would have recourse to counter sue for half the cable bill, half of the last’s months rent which only my daughter paid as well as cost of a cellphone and bill my daughter had gotten for the roommate.
Do we wait out their bluff and see if they sue? Should my daughter pay the 50% directly to the energy and water company and then when sued show proof it’s paid? Or do we beat them to the punch and sue?
Personally I feel we should go separate ways and each pay their own.
I also don’t think the mother has any recourse to collect money from my daughter on a bill she paid that was in her daughters name sine my daughter and that mother had no agreement. Correct? Only the daughter would have leg to stand on if she claims there were a verbal agreement.
My daughter and her “friend” lived in a trailer (shared lease) from March-August. Water and energy were in the roommates name and the cable bill was in my daughters name. The mother of the roommate sent a letter to my daughter stating that she paid the utility bill, which was in the roommates name, and that my daughter had two weeks to pay her or she would take her to court. My daughter is a authorized user on the energy account and was able to verify that as of 6 days after the letter was post marked the bill has in fact not been paid.
I am trying to determine how best to handle this. Even if the two roommates had a 50/50 agreement then my daughter would have recourse to counter sue for half the cable bill, half of the last’s months rent which only my daughter paid as well as cost of a cellphone and bill my daughter had gotten for the roommate.
Do we wait out their bluff and see if they sue? Should my daughter pay the 50% directly to the energy and water company and then when sued show proof it’s paid? Or do we beat them to the punch and sue?
Personally I feel we should go separate ways and each pay their own.
I also don’t think the mother has any recourse to collect money from my daughter on a bill she paid that was in her daughters name sine my daughter and that mother had no agreement. Correct? Only the daughter would have leg to stand on if she claims there were a verbal agreement.