Posting for a friend:
Can he hand write his son's name to the renewal lease where only his name appears?
As I understand it leases are superfluous documents and if something were to happen to him, his son would inherit the apartment regardless, however he is concerned that he would not be able to have more than 1 roommate, since the law says the number of roommates you have has to be equal to the number of people named in the lease. Is this correct?
If he were to hand write his son's name to the renewal lease, and the landlord signs this lease and returns to him, will it stand up in court, if need be?
Thank you