Looks like he’s planning to leave imminently

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I’ve been see-sawing over whether to end a 23 year marriage since last November. I stayed with him as he developed a heart condition, and tried again, but I had finally decided that enough is enough.

We aren’t communicating too well (at all), but I was expecting at least to discuss each other’s plans, and to give notice on our rented house.
He has packed a suitcase though, and it looks as if he’s intending to take off with no notice.
The rent is due next week, he usually pays.
He’s lead tenant.
Can anyone advise me? Shall I give notice immediately? Is he still liable for the bills? What happens if I don’t know where he is and can’t find him?
I’m already on medication for depression and anxiety, and this isn’t really helping!
Feeling a bit frantic :-o
Thank you

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You are actually on the tenancy too yes? Does the landlord have your details too?

If you give notice right now, you'll be liable for a month if you're on a rolling tenancy, but if it's a fixed term you might be liable for your 'half' of all of it - what does your tenancy agreement say?

You always have the option of going a flit yourself before he can, but I'm sure that wouldn't solve the issue at all.

In the meantime - hide his suitcase.

He planning on jumping ship and leaving you to bail out with a bucket. Get legal straight away Monday if you can contact your landlord and let them know perhaps they will be helpful to you. The last thing you need is to lose the roof over your head. You need to make a list of thing that you pay up to the date he leaves and contact them at that time council tax etc. Have you dependant children? He can't leave his responsibility behind. Hope you will be ok my heart goes out to you be strong

If he's the lead tenant, then he's liable for the rent.
Eventually you could be evicted if he doesn't pay, but in the short term, stay where you are. Contact Shelter for proper advice re housing. I'm not sure that you could actually give notice on his behalf, but you need to know whether he has given notice ( without drawing the issue to his attention in case he has overlooked that.)

Get legal advice, and also check out the position re benefits so that if he does leave, you know what to do straightaway.
Meanwhile see if you can do a bit of detective work to find out where he might go - can you access his email account? Are there any joint bank accounts?
It's a horrible situation to be in, hope you get some answers.

Are you also on the tenancy agreement? I didn't think that you were, but if you are, you are presumably liable for the rent too. Check what the tenancy agreement says.

If you have a joint bank account, watch it. I'd inform them of your situation ,just in case he clears it.

Goodness no if you have a joint bank account, I would clear it myself right now - and inform him that you've seen the suitcase and so you've organised that the next rent (and the next, if applicable) can come out of the joint account and you've moved the money so that you can pay it.

Lead tenant or not, every named tennant is liable for all of the rent and other costs associated with the tenancy. Therefore both of you are liable for all the rent, not half each.

Generally if you want to give notice on a rolling tenancy you need to give one complete month from when the rent is next due. Eg if you give notice on the 5th but the rent is paid/tenancy date is the 1st then you can’t leave next month on the 5th, you need to wait until the filling month on the 1st unless your landlord allows you to go sooner.

If your still in your fixed period you can ask to end it sooner but the landlord is under no obligation to do so.

If you think there will be an issue paying the rent, I’d advise you warn your landlord ASAP for damage limitation purposes as well as common decency.

If you are joint tenants, if one of you ends their tenancy, this ends it for both and the landlord and remaining tenant would need to set up a new tenancy omitting the other tenant.

Until all named tenants are out or a new agreement begun, all named tenants are liable for all costs and it’s then up to them to recover any losses from the other tenant, not to only pay half.