Tenant hasn’t paid last month rent

[Natalia Jimenez]

Hello,

I have a tenant here in CT that is breaking their lease 4 months after moving in. It is a 1 year lease and per the lease I will keep the security deposit. The problem now is we’re half way through February and I haven’t received this months rent. They say they’ll get it to me before they move out on March 2nd. Which I’m starting to not believe each time I ask for the rent they say next weekend because they don’t have it. What can I do? If I get a lawyer do I have to pay the fees or can the court make them pay for the lawyer fees?