Removing a tenate on a lease who refuses to leave.

[Jennifer Goolsby]

I moved in to an apartment with this girl. She has done nothing but start problems, she has brought drugs into our home, she is disrespectful, has ruined quite a few of my things, has stolen from my guests, and doesn't pay her portion of rent. We are on a year lease. I tried to handle things civilly and brought her a lease release form but when that happened she lost her mind, called the cops on me for no reason, tried to get my car towed, and told the leasing office a bunch of lies which resulted in us getting 5 lease violations and I had to pay 250$ for those because she doesn't pay anything. I don't know what I can do, I just want her gone but she won't leave. 

[Kyle J.]

If you're both on the lease as joint tenants than she has as much right to be there as you do and unfortunately you can't force her to leave if she's not willing to voluntarily.  I suppose you could offer to pay her to move out.  Might be hard to swallow doing that, but it sounds like she's already costing you money.  I'm guessing she's not going to want to move though since she's essentially living there for free with you covering her portion of the rent.  Alternatively, you could move out if things are that bad between you guys.  Though you're still going to be on the hook for the rent since you have a lease and I don't see the leasing office letting you out of it, especially when you're the only one paying. 

Sounds like a tough situation.  Good luck.