When I have just a mo left on my lease & have found a potential tenant to takeover that mo, can my landlord refuse to allow this

The simple answer to your question is "yes", your landlord can refuse to allow another person to take over the last month of your lease.

What am I looking at happening here? Is there any information I can use to build my defense?

You should schedule an in-person consultation with an experienced landlord-tenant attorney and bring all documents such as your lease, any notices...

You have a lot of questions and would be best served by having an in person consultation with an experienced landlord-tenant attorney. However I do...

Can the landlord force my girlfriend to leave and never come back?

I don't know what you mean by a "division" of a house. If the house is zoned a s a one family and the landlord is renting part of the house to you...

Can we be evicted prior to the conclusion of our written lease, with no wrong-doing of our own? Should we fight this eviction?

Although there is a statute which allows a tenant to terminate a residential lease due to a disability and under certain circumstances, I do not...

Can i ask my tenants what day they are moving out?

Of course you can and are entitled to know the date. If they will sign it, prepare a document in which they confirm that they will be leaving on a...

Tenants can only be evicted for good cause under the anti-eviction act. In your situation, unless the premises is an owner occupied building with...

As a month to month tenant you can give one full month' s notice and vacate without risking a loss of your security or legal action by vacating...

How can I surrender possession to Landlord and get absolved from the remaining part of retail Lease as business did not run?

You likely do not have a right of termination. Rarely do tenants of commercial leases have termination rights unless they are negotiated. I also...

I suggest that you try North Hudson Legal Services.