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Foreclosure Attorneys for the New Haven Judicial District — New Haven Superior Court, 235 Church Street

The New Haven Judicial District covers the city and the shoreline and inland towns around it — thirteen in all, from Guilford and Madison on the Sound to Meriden and Cheshire to the north. New Haven County has more foreclosure defense firms listed on this site than any other Connecticut county, and most of them are within walking distance of 235 Church Street. Milford, West Haven and the Valley towns are not here; they file in the Ansonia-Milford district. Waterbury and its neighbours have their own court.

13towns file here
10firms with an office in this district’s towns
1county served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases

The courthouse.

Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
Court
New Haven Superior Court
Address
235 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510 · Map and directions
Clerk's office
203-503-6800
Hours
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Getting there
Across from the New Haven Green; Union Station is a ten-minute walk or a short bus ride. Paid garages on Temple Street and Crown Street.

Venue rule. Connecticut foreclosures are filed in the judicial district where the property sits, not where you live or where the lender is. West Haven is New Haven's next-door neighbour but files in Milford, not New Haven. 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 13 towns, the New Haven Judicial District is your court. Every town on this list is in New Haven County, and every New Haven County town not listed here files in a different judicial district.

  • Bethany
  • Branford
  • Cheshire
  • East Haven
  • Guilford
  • Hamden
  • Madison
  • Meriden
  • New Haven
  • North Branford
  • North Haven
  • Wallingford
  • Woodbridge

Attorneys who appear in the New Haven Judicial District.

Firms below have an office in a town whose foreclosures are heard at 235 Church 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 235 Church 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 New Haven Judicial District.

My property is in Meriden. Is my case really heard in New Haven?

Meriden is in the Judicial District of New Haven. Some civil matters from Meriden, Wallingford and Cheshire are calendared at the Meriden courthouse on West Main Street. Check the court location on your complaint and on any notice you receive; it will name the building.

How many foreclosure attorneys practise near this courthouse?

New Haven County has the deepest bench of homeowner-side foreclosure counsel in Connecticut. The New Haven County page lists every firm with a verified office in the county, sorted by Google rating.

Is there a Court Service Center at New Haven?

Yes. The Court Service Center helps self-represented parties with forms and procedure. It cannot give legal advice or tell you how to defend your case.

Related pages.

New Haven County foreclosure attorneys · All Connecticut courts and counties · Which courthouse hears my foreclosure? · Ansonia-Milford Judicial District · Waterbury Judicial District