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Foreclosure Attorneys for the Litchfield Judicial District — Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse at Torrington, 50 Field Street

The Litchfield Judicial District is the state's largest by area and its most rural: twenty-three hill towns from New Milford and Kent in the south to Salisbury and Colebrook on the Massachusetts border, all heard at the courthouse in Torrington. Filing volume is low and the foreclosure bar is small, which cuts both ways — attorneys know the court well, but there are fewer of them to choose from, and many homeowners hire counsel from Waterbury or Hartford. Three Litchfield County towns are not in this district at all: Watertown and Woodbury file in Waterbury, and Plymouth files in New Britain.

23towns file here
5firms with an office in this district’s towns
1county served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases

The courthouse.

Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
Court
Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse at Torrington
Address
50 Field Street, Torrington, CT 06790 · Map and directions
Clerk's office
860-626-2100
Hours
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Getting there
Downtown Torrington, off Main Street. Free lot at the courthouse; Northwestern CT Transit buses stop nearby. No rail service.

Venue rule. Connecticut foreclosures are filed in the judicial district where the property sits, not where you live or where the lender is. The courthouse is in Torrington, not the town of Litchfield. Watertown, Woodbury and Plymouth are Litchfield County towns that file elsewhere. 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 23 towns, the Litchfield Judicial District is your court. Every town on this list is in Litchfield County, and every Litchfield County town not listed here files in a different judicial district.

  • Barkhamsted
  • Bethlehem
  • Bridgewater
  • Canaan
  • Colebrook
  • Cornwall
  • Goshen
  • Harwinton
  • Kent
  • Litchfield
  • Morris
  • New Hartford
  • New Milford
  • Norfolk
  • North Canaan
  • Roxbury
  • Salisbury
  • Sharon
  • Thomaston
  • Torrington
  • Warren
  • Washington
  • Winchester

Attorneys who appear in the Litchfield Judicial District.

Firms below have an office in a town whose foreclosures are heard at 50 Field 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 50 Field 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 Litchfield Judicial District.

Is the court in the town of Litchfield?

Not for civil cases. The Judicial District of Litchfield sits at 50 Field Street in Torrington. The historic Litchfield courthouse on the green is no longer the civil venue.

There are few foreclosure attorneys in Litchfield County. Can I hire one from Hartford or Waterbury?

Yes. Any Connecticut attorney can appear at Torrington, and many Hartford and Waterbury firms do. Ask how often they appear here and whether they charge for travel time.

Do rural properties take longer to foreclose?

The court timeline is the same. Appraisals and title work on large or unusual parcels can take longer, and foreclosure by sale may be ordered more often where land value exceeds the debt.

Related pages.

Litchfield County foreclosure attorneys · All Connecticut courts and counties · Which courthouse hears my foreclosure? · New Britain Judicial District · Waterbury Judicial District