Bankruptcy filings in Connecticut federal courts dropped from 2014 to 2015, following along the same lines as national trends.
Connecticut bankruptcy courts saw 6,294 filings in 2015. That’s down from 6,968 filings in 2014.
New Haven county saw the most filings with 1,858. Hartford county squeaked by Fairfield county with 1,468 to 1,457 filings. New London county had 400 and Litchfield was next with 354. Rounding out the list were: Middlesex, 316; Windham, 208; and Tolland, 193.
During the 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 2015, 844,495 cases were filed across the country in federal bankruptcy courts, down from the 936,795 bankruptcy cases filed in calendar year 2014—a 9.9 percent drop in filings. This is the lowest number of bankruptcy filings for any 12-month period since 2007, and the fifth consecutive calendar year that filings have fallen, according to a statement from the administrative office of the U.S. courts.
