If you have a lease agreement with a fixed term (Example: a typical 12 month residential lease agreement) then you cannot get out unless you get the Landlord's permission.
Apt. or a car.
You need to check the language in your lease to determine what your rights are in terminating the lease.
Yes.
Yes, if he has died and you are not on the lease.
Unless they are co-signors or guarantors to the lease contract, no.
Yes, the landlord can; there is no law that would prevent him from not renewing your lease.
If you signed, the lease is binding. You don't have to move in, but you do have to pay the rent. The landlord has an obligation to try to rent the place, but until he does, you have to pay.
This would be governed by the lease and by local ordinances.
No. That's not the landlord's fault.
No. It is fraud and identity theft . You can go to jail.
You will be liable for the rent until the end of the lease, except if the landlord rents the apt. before that time. Some states may have their own laws on this, but in the state of IN. that is how it is suppose to work. The landlord is also suppose to make an effort to rent that particular apt. Jeanne
as long as they are not the primary lease holders, it shouldn't be a problem