Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Minnesota

My daughter roommate's decided to brng a cat into their apartment without my daughter agreeing to this. They are all on the lease. When my daughter called and asked the property manager about breaking the lease on monday the property manager wanted to know why. My daughter explained the problem to her. The property manager said she was not aware of a cat in the apartment, and that my daugther better tell the others that they need to come up with the $150 deposit. My daughter keeps telling these two other roommates that she does NOT want this cat. Besides the fact that the furniture in this apt is hers she doesn't want this cat to do any damage to it. My daughter found out on Thursday that the property manager took the other two roommates deposit for the cat. My question is ...doesn't this change the contract between all of them? Should my daughter be able to get out of this lease now with out having to pay for breaking the lease? By others action is making my daughter responsible for damages that this cat may do to the apartment. Again, does she have any way of getting out of this lease and getting her share of the damage deposit back?


Asked on 10/30/09, 12:08 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Maury Beaulier612.240.8005 Minnesota Lawyers

I am afraid not. Your daughter is equally obligated with the other roommates since she is on the lease. She cannot break the lease without an agreement from the land lord.

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Answered on 11/06/09, 1:46 pm


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