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Foreclosure Attorneys for the Middlesex Judicial District — Middletown Superior Court, 1 Court Street

The Middlesex Judicial District is one of the few in Connecticut whose boundary matches its county exactly: all fifteen Middlesex County towns file at 1 Court Street in Middletown. The district runs from Cromwell and Portland in the north down the Connecticut River to Old Saybrook, Westbrook and Clinton on the Sound. Volume is modest and the docket is predictable. Most homeowners here are within a thirty-minute drive of the courthouse, and Middletown itself has a small, experienced foreclosure bar.

15towns file here
7firms with an office in this district’s towns
1county served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases

The courthouse.

Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
Court
Middletown Superior Court
Address
1 Court Street, Middletown, CT 06457 · Map and directions
Clerk's office
860-343-6400
Hours
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Getting there
Downtown Middletown at the foot of Court Street, one block from Main Street. Municipal parking garage on Court Street; Middletown Area Transit buses stop on Main.

Venue rule. Connecticut foreclosures are filed in the judicial district where the property sits, not where you live or where the lender is. None. Middlesex is the rare Connecticut district where county and court line up town for town. 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 15 towns, the Middlesex Judicial District is your court. Every town on this list is in Middlesex County, and every Middlesex County town not listed here files in a different judicial district.

  • Chester
  • Clinton
  • Cromwell
  • Deep River
  • Durham
  • East Haddam
  • East Hampton
  • Essex
  • Haddam
  • Killingworth
  • Middlefield
  • Middletown
  • Old Saybrook
  • Portland
  • Westbrook

Attorneys who appear in the Middlesex Judicial District.

Firms below have an office in a town whose foreclosures are heard at 1 Court 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 1 Court 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.

The full Connecticut process, with timelines →

Free and low-cost help for Middlesex-district homeowners.

Questions about the Middlesex Judicial District.

My property is in Old Saybrook. Do I file in Middletown or New London?

Middletown. Old Saybrook is in Middlesex County and the Middlesex Judicial District. New London's district begins across the river at Old Lyme.

How large is the Middlesex foreclosure docket?

Small compared with Hartford or New Haven. Cases are calendared quickly, and mediation sessions are usually available without long waits.

Is there a Court Service Center in Middletown?

Yes. It assists self-represented parties with forms and procedure. It cannot give legal advice.

Related pages.

Middlesex County foreclosure attorneys · All Connecticut courts and counties · Which courthouse hears my foreclosure?