Can anyone answer the question of how to legally dissolve a contract if both parties want out of it? I have an event booked for several months now and the person who contacted and dealt with me for the past few months is a friend of my client handling everything for her. We are two weeks away from the event and I get a call this afternoon from the actual client and not the friend (who has been great to work with) and they are very upset about certain aspects of the services we are providing and "Do not like the tone of the language of our ABC service" and they are being very SH%$&Y about it and when we got off the phone this evening they said they will call be tomorrow and discuss the event they and had a meeting this evening and could not talk and did not know if we will be able to do business together. The disruption comes from the fact that if we are providing abc service at a event there can be no other alcohol at the event that we are not supplying, handling and serving. If we see a guest with a bottle we will ask them to put it away and if they don't or it continues to happen we will shut our bar service down. They say they will have friend who will want to bring bottles of liquor and carry around themselves and it is their event and they should be able to do what they want. I explained that yes it is your event and you can do what you wish however it is my abc license and my insurance and it can't happen or we will not serve. I then offered to allow them out of the abc portion of the contract and we would handle the food and they can get their own abc one day permit and purchase their own alcohol and do what ever they wish and when we got off the phone that is where we were at. I have the feeling it will stir back up when they call me tomorrow and if the phrase "I don't know if we will be able to do business" comes up from them again I plan on telling them it's just fine with me and I'd be happy to refund their deposit and void the contract for the event all together. Which brings me to my question, how do you legally do this? I am thinking that maybe I send them a form and have them sign that they requests to void the catering agreement in return for a refund of the deposit. Would this be legally binding or is there a better way to do it?