"Breaking" a lease..... Need some help

I signed a lease in May for a townhouse with a girl that I had met a few months prior. Long story short, she is not the person that I thought she was when I met her (bipolar, tried to commit suicide in the house((OD on pills)) and is just a PITA to live with). When I signed the lease, her dad payed the 1st months rent and the security deposit because neither of us had the money to do so but our living situations at the time were anything but ideal. Right now I owe HIM $755 for those things but she has given me the option of leaving and getting out of the lease once those bills are paid.

What I am wondering is this:

Right now Im not in a financial position to pay those two things immediately. They were to be paid before the lease is up (May 09) but I NEED to get out of this lease and Ive been making plans to move to ATL. What I want to do is type up some kind of contract that says something along the lines of November 1st will be my last day in the house and upon the completion of payment for the aforementioned bills, she will agree to release me from the lease yada yada yada. I want to get it in writing now so that she cant change her mind and there is a definite date that I will be out of the house. Does anyone know where I can find a template for a “contract” that I could use for this application?

You need the landlord to say that the other person will take responsibility for the entire lease. You need the landlord to remove you and your roomate will need to sign off saying she takes responsibility. It’s basically just an addendum to the lease.

I understand that but I want to lock my room mates “words” in writing so that she cant change her mind in a week or two.

Just do a lease addendum now that is effective 11/1/08. Once she signs it she can’t back out. You can also put in there that it is pending you paying her dad the $ you owe him if it will make her more comfortable. Also make sure you pay him in a check and make a copy of it before you do!

Excuse my ignorance but what is a “Lease Addendum”?

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If you don’t get your name off the lease you would still be liable for the rent if she decides not to pay it at some point.

PM me your email address and I’ll send you an example of what you need to do monday @ work.