My daughter broke her apartment lease after she was involved in a major car accident with injuries and dropped out of college in Sarasota and we moved her back home. Meanwhile, the apartments had her (and her boyfriend) sign a statement that they would pay 3 months rent since she broke her lease with only one month notice (they already had her apartment re-rented before the end of the month). They put the reason for lease termination as "illness, moved home with family" and were aware of her circumstances. She was prescribed pain killers and muscle relaxers. The apartments referred her to a collection agency. I provided them with a copy of the accident documentations and explained that she was on prescribed medications when the "agreement" was signed. They replied that the amount would be reported to the credit bureau as disputed, but still reported. They provided me a copy of the "agreement". My daughter and her boyfriend looked at the contract. They discovered that someone signed as a witness, but yet the contract was left at the apartment office for them to sign. Jason (boyfriend) carried the contract up for Breana to sign since she was in bed on pain killers and muscle relaxers. She does not even remember signing it and her signature is obviously not her regular. No one witnessed their signatures. Isn't there a law that states this is not a legal and binding contract' email: litwin3@bellsouth.net

User Responses
From: jen5638	Date: 07/27/2005
The community is absolutely correct and the agreement that was signed has nothing to do with anything. Read the lease. You can't break a lease for any reason without penalty. Your situation is unfortunate, but that's all there is to it.
From: Anonymous	Date: 06/24/2007
what did the lease say was the time they needed to give to move out? I notice a lot say 60 days, although from what I understand Florida State laws say 30 days!

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