Letting a tenant break a lease after death in family

[Brad E.]

Howdy.  I have a tenant whose husband recently committed suicide.  Because of this the wife is saying she cannot afford the rent payment and needs to break the lease.  Normally I would not allow it, but given these circumstances I am willing to make an exception.  She only has a few more months on the lease anyway so its not going to be worth it to try to evict etc. It's just a ****** situation no matter how you look at it.

My question is how do I go about doing this?  i.e. what document do I need to create to execute this.  I do intend to keep the security deposit as she is in breach of contract (yes my lease allows for it). I don't anticipate her trying to give me any problems with that but just want to make sure I'm covering my bases here.  Thanks in advance.

[Theresa Harris]

Simply have her to write down that she's giving notice and all of her stuff will be moved out by X date and the house will be cleaned and keys returned to you on X date.  Then both of you sign and date it and keep a copy. Then follow the normal move out procedures.