what happens if one joint tenant stops contributing to the property expenses 
each joint tenant has a legal responsibility to contribute to property expenses such as mortgage payments property taxes and maintenance costs in proportion to their ownership share if one joint tenant stops contributing the other joint tenants may need to cover their share to avoid default or financial issues if disputes arise legal action may be necessary to enforce the co ownership agreement can joint tenants add new co owners to the property generally joint tenancy requires all joint tenants to acquire their interests at the same time adding new co owners after the initial purchase would likely create a tenancy in common instead of a joint tenancy however joint tenants can sell or transfer their shares and new co owners can be added through this process can creditors pursue the property to collect debts from one joint tenant yes if one joint tenant has personal debts or judgments creditors may seek to place a lien on the property or force the sale of the property to collect the owed amount the creditor s action could affect the other joint tenants and the property s status as a joint tenancy the bottom linejoint tenancy is a legally simple way for two or more people to share equal interests in real estate or another form of property when one tenant dies there is no need to probate their share of the property with their estate instead the share belonging to the deceased tenant is simply passed on to the remaining joint tenants 