Torrington Savings Bank Mortgage Servicing Co. v. Chance

78 A.3d 248, 146 Conn. App. 616, 2013 WL 5825693, 2013 Conn. App. LEXIS 517

• Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
• Decided: November 5, 2013
• Docket: AC 34510
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The defendant Noel R. Chance¹ appeals from the judgment of the trial court approving the committee’s report, deed, and sale of the defendant’s foreclosed home. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court committed error by not conducting a hearing, sua sponte, to determine whether the plaintiff, Torrington Savings Bank Mortgage Servicing Company, had standing, as the holder of the note, at the time it instituted the foreclosure action.² On the basis of the record before us, including the admissions of the defendant in his answer that the plaintiff had been assigned the note and mortgage on April 26, 2007; see Industrial Mold & Tool, Inc. v. Zaleski, 146 Conn. App. 609, 615, 78 A.3d 218 (2013); the foreclosure complaint and documents attached thereto, and the supporting affidavit and documents attached to the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment, we conclude that the defendant has failed to demonstrate that the court committed error by not holding, sua sponte, a full eviden-tiary hearing on the uncontested issue of whether the plaintiff had standing to institute the foreclosure action. See Equity One, Inc. v. Shivers, 310 Conn. 119, 135-36, 74 A.3d 1225 (2013) (holding trial-like evidentiary hearing not necessary to determine whether plaintiff has standing to bring foreclosure action provided procedures followed by trial court are adequate under circumstances).

The judgment is affirmed.

1 The named defendant, Nadine M. Chance, is not a party to this appeal. Accordingly, we refer to Noel R. Chance as the defendant.

2 The defendant requests that we invoke the plain error doctrine and review his claim, which is unpreserved, because it involves the subject matter jurisdiction of the trial court. Claims involving subject matter jurisdiction, however, cannot be waived, and, although unpreserved, can be raised at any time in the proceedings, including for the first time on appeal. Perez-Dickson v. Bridgeport, 304 Conn. 483, 506, 43 A.3d 69 (2012). Although entitled to review, we conclude nonetheless that the defendant’s claim has no merit.