I generally like having 2 people responsible for the rent rather than one. Because they broke up, you are not under any legal responsibility to let the husband off the hook for the rent.

Does she qualify on her own without his income? I have never had good results from removing one person from a lease. The one who stays often fails to pay rent, argues over who caused the damages, etc and ends up getting evicted.

If you do write a new lease with her, re-qualify her based on new household income, then have her and husband write their notice terminating their lease, and you write a new lease with her that has a new security deposit. There should be a fee associated with this ($100 is my standard charge to rewrite a lease), since to be practical you have to do extra work of inspecting the premises, charging for damages, refunding the old deposit, securing the new deposit, signing new documents, making copies of new documents, etc.

You're in this biz to make money, right? So make some money for your extra troubles. They're the ones wanting all these services. Think like a lawyer in terms of "billable hours."

Always a bad idea to remove a tenant from an existing lease especially in a "joint and several". Could the wife qualify on her own? Most people have financial issues after a separation or divorce.

I would tell them both that the lease will remain as is and any renewal will remove the husband. This will also allow you to see how the wife pays without the husband contributing to the rent.

I'm in agreement with the statement to not change your lease just because the other one doesn't want to live there/moved out.

That's great and all BUT they are in a legal contract until the time is up. Once it is up then YOU can choose to continue to rent/lease to just the wife and draw up a new lease at that time.

Obviously you will need to ensure that she can afford the place on her own (if he is to "help pay" a portion then you may want to really think about this).

What happens when (if) you do write up a new lease with just the wife and then they get back together? Will the "but it's my husband" get thrown in your face and they will expect you to just let him live there again?

You may just want to bow out at the end of the lease term and decide that you want new tenants.

Yes, it is a legal contract that is enforceable until it expires... BUT as with any contract, if all parties agree to change it, it can be done. 2 of the parties want to change it, do you?

Certainly, if you are going to take just the wife, make sure she can qualify and meets all your standards just as a new tenant. Now, if you wait until the couple of months are up, then the wife may decide not stay and find another place. If you write a new lease just with her, you can have that lease go for a year starting now. Is there anything you would like to change in the lease that sooner is better (early termination?) Is she a good enough tenant that you want to keep her?

I had the same issues. A couple breaks up and the party staying makes much less income and doesn't qualify to live in the property on their current income. Since the divorce is going to take years, the husband has no order to pay child support or alimony yet. So the wife is on her own.

Why would I let the husband off so easily without securing a way to guarantee the rent? But the two of them want to cut the umbilical cord between them.

Screen Her again, individually.

Is it Doable ?

Your gonna find out, regardless.