Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

I am a Marine that was just stationed in Quantico, VA. My wife lives in Indiana and has a lease on an apartment that isn't up until may of 2014. She is moving here with me, but we really don't want the added pressure of paying the $545 a month for the apartment. We have heard there is a way for military members and their spouses to get out of leases due to moving on military orders. The problem is that my name isn't on the lease because we were not married when she signed it.


Asked on 12/12/13, 5:25 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Yes, virtually all U.S. states have a provision for early release from a rental lease for active duty military personnel but whether such would apply to your wife's situation as a current resident of Indiana but married to an active duty military spouse whose duty station is now in Virginia but who is not on the wife's lease is unclear, but it would depend upon what Indiana law may have to say about this issue rather than the law of the Commonwealth (in my opinion).

I would therefore suggest that you repost this question under the category of Indiana landlord-tenant law to determine what an Indiana attorney might offer as an opinion regarding this particular issue.

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Answered on 12/12/13, 8:52 pm


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