Can we add a Hold Harmless clause for a rentel apartment to a do it yourself divorce agreement?

  That's the problem with forms.  One size doesn't fit all.  I am not sure who the "hold harmless" would protect.  Your daughter is still in the apartment.  Is she looking to have her husband pay the rent and hold her harmless?  If that is the situation, she can add that language.  However, here's the problem.  If they both signed the lease, the landlord really doesn't care (nor is he legally  obligated to care) about any hold harmless language.  The landlord is going to sue anyone who signed the lease if he doesn't get his rent.  The only recourse your daughter would have is bringing her husband back to court on the "hold harmless."  If someone is a deadbeat and has no money, this usually is a  waste of time.  What would be better is language wherein the husband is obligated to pay the rent and that same is in the nature of support for the wife.  There is a chance a court could interpret this as alimony, and if somene fails to pay alimony they can be jailed.  Again, this is a long process, and people still sometimes are able to avoid their obligation. As to the utilites, if your daughter is keeping the apartment, the judge could make the husband transfer the utilities.  But let's go back to my first sentence.  If everything is not resolved in the "forms" she no longer has an uncontested divorce, and it is no longer just forms to fill out.  The judge could order a separate hearing or trial I hope this gives you some insight. Best of luck, Cindy Vova Broward/Boca Raton 954-316-3496 info@vovalaw.com