If an unmarried couple splits up and both want to keep their rented townhome, what do they do?
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If an unmarried couple splits up and both want to keep their rented townhome, what do they do?
Asked on June 28, 2015 under Real Estate Law, Minnesota
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
They'd have to work it out among themselves and their landlord. If they are both on the lease, they have equal rights to possesion and neither may compel the other to leave: the lease, as a contract, may only be changed by the consent or agreement of *all* parties to it, including the landlord. If they all agree as to what to do, the lease can be changed; if they don't, then they are "stuck" until the end of the lease, at which time the landlord can agree to rent to either or neither of them (landlords may choose whom to rent to).
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