I believe this Order from the Judge to be good news for Atty Weinstein and GF on the 4Jx foreclosure action as he is one step closer to being able to take possession of 4Jx so it might be sold. Any atty's please feel free to chime in with assistance on this as I am on shaky ground here, but will give a try at an explanation.
If you recall FD and MT lived at 4Jx and FD stopped paying anything towards the mortgage in 2018.
Atty Weinstein has been working hard to 'evict' [aka kicking FD [REDACTED] to the curb] so that the house might be sold. Foreclosure is a multipart process with the goal being that the Plaintiff would take possession of 4Jx.
Today the Judge ruled in favor of the Plaintiff and issued a Motion of Default - Failure to Plead (essentially disagreeing with the the last motion of defense filed by Atty Habib on behalf of FD and made the same determination for the trade creditor Glaxo A/C). FD also owes taxes to the City of Farmington on the property so this represents a prior claim and this is not disputed by the Plaintiff/Atty Weinstein.
I believe there are other procedural steps that Atty Weinstein will have to undertake prior to actually being able to take possession of 4Jx so it can be possessed and then sold but this Order puts him one step closer to completing the process of foreclosure so far as I can tell.
I am not 100% certain but this is where I believe the foreclosure action is at present (any atty's here please chime in with assistance!):
§ 47a-26c. Advancement of pleadings.
Failure to plead. “All pleadings, including motions, shall advance at least one step within each successive period of three days from the preceding pleading or motion. If the defendant fails to plead within any such period, the complainant may file a motion for judgment for failure to plead, served upon the defendant in the manner provided in the rules adopted by the judges of the Superior Court for the service of pleadings.
If the defendant fails to plead within three days after receipt of such motion by the clerk, the court shall forthwith enter judgment that the complainant recover possession or occupancy with costs.” [BBM]
Here is the Amended Complaint for those that are interested and it explains the details of the case.
http://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=17947294
Here is info about Judgments and Foreclosure/Eviction in the State of CT:
https://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/Notebooks/Pathfinders/DefaultJudgment.pdf