I am being scammed by my former landlord. I lived in an apartment under a year lease for its duration. The landowner didn’t have any month to month leases so we signed a 6 month lease under a verbal agreement that it would act as month to month in order to move into a different unit in the complex, he assured us that as long as we gave him one month notice before we move we would get our deposit back. We moved after 3 months, and not only did he keep the deposit, he is asking us for the rest of the money for the 3 months on the lease. He is a lawyer. Can I sue him?

Lease Expiration/Renewal
My mom’s (85 yrs old) lease expired on Nov 30, 2005 and has not been renewed. Has she been technically renting month to month since then, and can she give a 30 day notice without penalty? Do all leases automatically go to month to month once they have expired? Can a landlord just white out the lease term on an existing lease form and put new dates in it, or do they have to print a new lease? When she asked them for a copy of her lease, it was then that they realized she didn’t have a current one, and they just changed the dates on the one that had expired. They are now claiming she has 6 months left and will not allow her to terminate without holding her to the 6 months. I believe they have mislead and taken advantage of her. She has been a tenant of theirs for 9 years!