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Foreclosure Attorneys for the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District — Milford Superior Court, 14 West River Street

The Ansonia-Milford Judicial District sits at 14 West River Street in Milford and hears foreclosures from nine towns: the Naugatuck Valley (Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Beacon Falls, Oxford), the shoreline (Milford, West Haven, Orange) and Shelton, which is in Fairfield County but files here anyway. It is the district homeowners most often look up on this site's town-to-court tool, because almost nobody expects a West Haven or Shelton case to be heard in Milford. If your complaint names Ansonia-Milford, this is the building.

9towns file here
3firms with an office in this district’s towns
2counties served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases

The courthouse.

Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
Court
Milford Superior Court
Address
14 West River Street, Milford, CT 06460 · Map and directions
Clerk's office
203-877-4293
Hours
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Getting there
Downtown Milford, a five-minute walk from the Milford Metro-North station. Free and metered lots along River Street.

Venue rule. Connecticut foreclosures are filed in the judicial district where the property sits, not where you live or where the lender is. Shelton is in Fairfield County but its foreclosures are heard in Milford. West Haven borders New Haven but files here too. Look up any town →

Judicial Branch court directory · Foreclosure Mediation Program

Towns whose foreclosures are heard here.

If your property is in any of these 9 towns, the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District is your court. Note the county line: Shelton is in Fairfield County, but its foreclosures are heard here.

  • Ansonia
  • Beacon Falls
  • Derby
  • Milford
  • Orange
  • Oxford
  • Seymour
  • Shelton (Fairfield County)
  • West Haven

Attorneys who appear in the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District.

Firms below have an office in a town whose foreclosures are heard at 14 West River Street, according to their public listings. Any Connecticut-licensed attorney may appear in any Superior Court; what a firm that appears here regularly brings is familiarity with this court's mediators, clerks and calendar. Ordered by Google rating, then review volume. Featured and Enhanced profiles, where present, are paid and are listed first with a label.

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What happens at this courthouse.

  1. Service and return date. A marshal serves the complaint and a lis pendens is recorded on the land records. The return date printed on the summons is the day the case officially begins at 14 West River Street; an appearance is due by the second day after it (Practice Book § 3-2).
  2. Mediation notice. If the property is your primary residence, you may be eligible for the Foreclosure Mediation Program. Requests are filed with the clerk here and sessions are held in this building. Eligibility rules and the program's end date are set by statute and change; check the Judicial Branch program page or ask counsel.
  3. Motions and judgment. The lender moves for default and then for judgment. A judge at this courthouse decides whether the judgment is strict foreclosure (title passes to the lender on a set date, no auction) or foreclosure by sale (a committee auctions the property and the court approves the result). Which one is ordered usually turns on how much equity there is.
  4. Law days or sale. Under strict foreclosure each defendant is given a law day to redeem by paying the debt in full; if nobody redeems, title vests in the lender. Under a decree of sale, the auction is held on the property and the sale is confirmed by this court. A deficiency claim, if any, is heard here afterwards.

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Questions about the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District.

Why is my Shelton foreclosure in a New Haven County court?

Judicial districts do not follow county lines. Shelton has been assigned to the Ansonia-Milford district by statute, so its civil cases, including foreclosures, are heard in Milford even though Shelton is in Fairfield County.

Is there a courthouse in Ansonia?

There is a Geographical Area court in Derby for criminal and motor-vehicle matters. Foreclosures and other civil cases from the Valley towns are filed at the judicial district courthouse in Milford.

Where is mediation held for Milford-district cases?

At the Milford courthouse. Your mediation notice from the Judicial Branch will name the mediator and the date.

Related pages.

New Haven County foreclosure attorneys · Fairfield County foreclosure attorneys · All Connecticut courts and counties · Which courthouse hears my foreclosure? · New Haven Judicial District · Waterbury Judicial District · Fairfield Judicial District · Stamford-Norwalk Judicial District · Danbury Judicial District