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Foreclosure Attorneys for the Danbury Judicial District — Danbury Superior Court, 146 White Street

The Danbury Judicial District covers northern Fairfield County: Danbury, Bethel, Brookfield, Newtown, Ridgefield, Redding, New Fairfield and Sherman on the New York line. Foreclosure volume here is moderate, and the docket at 146 White Street moves briskly. Danbury is a common venue surprise in the other direction: homeowners in New Milford and the Litchfield hill towns assume they file here because Danbury is the nearest city, but New Milford belongs to the Litchfield district in Torrington.

8towns file here
3firms with an office in this district’s towns
1county served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases

The courthouse.

Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
Court
Danbury Superior Court
Address
146 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810 · Map and directions
Clerk's office
203-207-8600
Hours
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Getting there
Downtown Danbury, a short walk from the Danbury Metro-North station and the HART bus hub. Metered parking on White Street and a public lot behind the courthouse.

Venue rule. Connecticut foreclosures are filed in the judicial district where the property sits, not where you live or where the lender is. New Milford is fifteen minutes from Danbury but files in Torrington. Sherman, further north, files in Danbury. 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 8 towns, the Danbury Judicial District is your court. Every town on this list is in Fairfield County, and every Fairfield County town not listed here files in a different judicial district.

  • Bethel
  • Brookfield
  • Danbury
  • New Fairfield
  • Newtown
  • Redding
  • Ridgefield
  • Sherman

Attorneys who appear in the Danbury Judicial District.

Firms below have an office in a town whose foreclosures are heard at 146 White 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 146 White 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 Danbury Judicial District.

My property is in New Milford. Is Danbury my court?

No. New Milford is in Litchfield County and files in the Judicial District of Litchfield at Torrington. Danbury hears the eight Fairfield County towns listed on this page.

How busy is the Danbury foreclosure docket?

Smaller than Bridgeport or Hartford. Fewer cases generally means quicker scheduling for hearings, but the statutory timelines — return date, mediation period, law days — are the same statewide.

Are there foreclosure attorneys based in Danbury?

Yes, and firms from Waterbury and lower Fairfield County also appear here regularly. The Danbury city page lists firms with an office in the city; firms on this page declare that they appear in the district.

Related pages.

Fairfield County foreclosure attorneys · All Connecticut courts and counties · Which courthouse hears my foreclosure? · Ansonia-Milford Judicial District · Fairfield Judicial District · Stamford-Norwalk Judicial District