I need advise on rights with a roommate in Florida ASAP!?

I recently moved into a house in Florida 3 months ago with a roommate. When we first got the house they ran both of our credit, she did not have enough credit established so I went ahead and put the lease in my name only ( the leasing office does know that she is living here as well)
Like I mentioned we have been here 3 months, 2 weeks ago she said that she was moving out 鈥?she said that鈥檚 she needed to move in with her parents for whatever reason it is, I told her she needed to either find someone to take over her portion of the lease or give me a 30 day notice. Yesterday she said the movers are coming this sat and she will be out. I asked her if she was planning on paying Sept rent and she just shrugged her shoulders which leads me to belive she鈥檚 not. Conventely she is moving her stuff our on the first so I can not change to locks or anything until then and by then she will already have her stuff out.
Since she did not sign the lease, is she able to leave with out any notice? Am I able to go after her portion for the rent?

I sure did learn a lesson in this one鈥?.never trust anyone and always make them sign something.
I would be able to afford the rent if she gave the 30 day notice to start saving鈥?.

Please, please please help me ASAP

The bad news is that you don't have a lease, so she does not have to give you notice. The good news is that you are entitled to your rent. I don't know about Florida, but in NY, any person that resides somewhere for thirty days is considered to have lived there and would be financially responsible for their rent. Therefore, get yourself a lawyer and sue her for the court costs and the remainder of the rent.

Nope, there is nothing you can do.... she actually was not living there legally.

Sorry.

You could take her to court. If she had been paying rent before then, it will be obvious to the judge that you had some sort of verbal agreement that she was to be paying rent, regardless of whether her name was on the lease. With no lease, she can leave whenever she wants though.

thats a heaping portion of SOL

being that she acknowledge she didnt leave 30 days notice or anything, i suggest taking her to small claims court andsuing her for her portion of the rent owed for september. or with hold her portion of the security for failing to do . find someone else and have them sign a side agreement agreeing to give 30 days notice if they plan to vacate. good luck!

Sorry to tell ya...but there is no 'help' available.

She didn't have good credit, which usually happens for a good reason. Responsible people have better credit ratings than irresponsible flakes, normally. She didn't sign a lease. It sounds as if you didn't bother having her sign a separate agreement with you.

However, I'm not sure why you can't change the locks before the first....if she's not on the lease, then you can do whatever you want. She will be forced to seek damages in a small claims court, and it's likely that she will settle with you instead.

If it were me, there would be no question about it. I would change the lock, and tell her that she can pick her stuff up when she pays you Sept. rent. It's not a nice thing to do, but niether is leaving you in such a bind. She has been immature and selfish. Maybe you should fight fire with fire...