Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida
Roommate Dispute
About a year ago I was living in a
house in miami with two other
roommates, we had direct tv and it
was under my name. I ended up
moving back to new york later on,
but left the direct tv in my name. It
turns out once i left my roommates
never paid the bills, so i am not in
collections, when i asked them to
pay they refused.
Is there anything i can do here??
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Roommate Dispute
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Unfortunately, as you have found out, you are responsible to pay the outstanding amounts. Once you do, you can try and ask the other roommates to repay you. If they do not, you can take them to court to try and get them to pay or in the alternative, you will get a judgment against them.
Scott R. Jay, Esq.
Re: Roommate Dispute
You owe the money since the contract was in your name. You can try to get the funds from your ex roommates since they owe you a portion of it (if that was your agreement).
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