Breaking a lease with military orders 6 months after pcs

[spikerpup]

My husband and I entered in a 1 year lease for an apartment on 05/Sep/2007
and he recently received military orders for a permanent change of station.
I know that a lease can be broken with military orders but my question is
there a time limit that this must done it? I am currently attending college
full time and I will graduate this May 2008, so I am going to stay behind
with my son while my husbands leaves for his new duty staion. Upon
graduation I intend to move to where he is stationed. Can I submit the
orders in April to break the lease in May 2008 when they were issued in
October 2007 or is there a time that this must be executed? Can I submit in
writing with a copy of his orders to my landlord now to break my lease in
May, or would that not work? I am not trying to screw anyone over so I would
like to give them advance notice but I need a place to live with my son
while I finish school as well..

You might check with your base legal team as well but as far as I understood it had to be dome at the time of deployment of the person leaving.