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Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C.Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
May 17, 2012
Versions:95 A.D.3d 640
945 N.Y.S.2d 20
Wilde-thought The user wants me to convert a legal document from provided images/OCR text into clean, semantic HTML. **Case Information Extraction:** - **Case Name:** In the Matter of Carl T., Sr., v Yajaira A.C. - **Docket:** Not explicitly found in the standard “No. X” format, but there‘s a citation: [945 NYS2d 20]. - **Court:** Family Court, Bronx County (referenced in the text). The appellate court is likely the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department (inferred from the judges: Saxe, J.P., Sweeny, Acosta, Freedman and Román, JJ.). - **Date:** March 24, 2011 (date of order being appealed). The appellate decision date isn‘t explicitly on the page, but usually, these reports have them. Looking at the text: “entered on or about March 24, 2011“. I will use the citation date info if available, or just leave it blank if not clearly stated. Wait, the citation [945 NYS2d 20] is provided. - **Citation:** 945 N.Y.S.2d 20. **Metadata for `details`:** - `shortName`: Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C. - `docket`: unknown (not on page) - `court`: N.Y. App. Div. (based on judges and citation style) - `date`: unknown (the March 2011 date is the order below). - `citation`: 945 N.Y.S.2d 20 **Document Content:** The document contains parts of three cases. 1. End of a case about landlord/tenant/pipes (starts on p. 640). 2. Start and end of “In the Matter of Carl T., Sr., v Yajaira A.C.” (starts on p. 640, ends on p. 642). 3. Start of “UrbanAmerica, L.P. II v The Carl Williams Group, L.L.C.” (starts on p. 642). **Rule for Multi-Opinion Documents:** “If the document contains multiple opinions... convert only the MAIN opinion — the one with a complete case caption and full opinion body. Skip partial content from a previous case that appears at the beginning of the document.” The main opinion to convert is **In the Matter of Carl T., Sr. v Yajaira A.C.** The first case on p. 640 is partial (ends on 640). The third case starts at the bottom of 642. **Page markers:** - Page 640: `640` - Page 641: `641` - Page 642: `642` **Step-by-step for “Carl T.” case:** 1. **Details Block:** - Case Name: In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Respondent, v YAJAIRA A.C., Appellant. In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Appellant, v YAJAIRA A.C., Respondent. - Citation: [945 NYS2d 20] - Short Name: Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C. - Court: N.Y. App. Div. (First Department based on the names of the judges like Saxe and Acosta). 2. **Body:** - Paragraph 1: “Order, Family Court, Bronx County...” - Paragraph 2: “The father‘s contentions on the family offense...” - Paragraph 3: “However, the Family Court erred in imposing a fine...” - Paragraph 4: “As to the mother‘s appeal...” - Paragraph 5: “Further, supervised visitation...” - Paragraph 6: “We have considered the parties’ remaining contentions...” - Concurrence/ Judges: Concur—Saxe, J.P., Sweeny, Acosta, Freedman and Román, JJ. **Citations to wrap:** - *Matter of Royea v Hutchings*, 260 AD2d 678, 680 [1999] - *Matter of Allen v Black*, 275 AD2d 207, 207-210 [2000] - *People v Grant*, 77 AD3d 488 [2010], lv denied 16 NY3d 859 [2011] - *People v Wilson*, 59 AD3d 153 [2009], affd 14 NY3d 895 [2010] - *Matter of Michael D. [Tiffany D.]*, 30 Misc 3d 502, 511 [2010] - *Matter of Louise E.S. v W. Stephen S.*, 64 NY2d 946, 947 [1985] - *Matter of Celenia M. v Faustino M.*, 77 AD3d 486 [2010], lv denied 16 NY3d 702 [2011] - *Matter of Madeline S.*, 3 AD3d 13, 19 [2003] - *Victor L. v Darlene L.*, 251 AD2d 178 [1998], lv denied 92 NY2d 816 [1998] - *Matter of Westfall v Westfall*, 28 AD3d 1229 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 706 [2006] - *Matter of Williams v Williams*, 66 AD3d 1149, 1151-1152 [2009] - *Matter of James Joseph M. v Rosana R.*, 32 AD3d 725, 727 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 717 [2006] **Formatting check:** - Standardized quotes. - `midpage-ps` markers at page boundaries. - No code fences. - No `br` tags. - Verbatim text. **Wait, looking at the OCR/Image for the Carl T. case start:** It starts on p. 640: “In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Respondent, v YAJAIRA A.C., Appellant. In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Appellant, v YAJAIRA A.C., Respondent. [945 NYS2d 20]—” Then a paragraph starts: “Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Andrea Masley, J.)...” Let‘s refine the metadata. `shortName`: Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C. `court`: N.Y. App. Div. (First Department) `citation`: 945 N.Y.S.2d 20 Text flow: Page 640: ... “In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Respondent, v YAJAIRA A.C., Appellant. In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Appellant, v YAJAIRA A.C., Respondent. [945 NYS2d 20]—” “Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Andrea Masley, J.), entered on or about March 24, 2011, which, insofar as appealed from, granted the respondent-respondent-mother a two-year final order of protection against the father; ordered that the father pay a $200 fine for causing the mother to miss two visits with the parties’ child; ordered that the father attend classes to address anger management and domestic violence issues; and granted the father‘s petition for a modification of custody and” Page 641: “visitation and issued a final award of custody to the father, with the mother to have only supervised visitation with the parties’ child, unanimously modified, on the law, to strike that portion of the order imposing a $200 fine on the father, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.” ... and so on. Citations normalization: N.Y. App. Div. is `N.Y. App. Div.` or just `AD`? Usually `AD2d` or `AD3d`. Court is `N.Y. App. Div.` Matter of Royea v Hutchings, 260 AD2d 678 -> `cite=“260 AD2d 678” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“1999“` NY Court of Appeals (NY2d, NY3d) -> `court=“N.Y.“` NY Misc -> `court=“N.Y. Misc.“` Let‘s build the HTML. Case names often use “v” lowercase in the text. I‘ll follow the source exactly. In the caption: “CARL T., SR., Respondent, v YAJAIRA A.C., Appellant.” One detail: “Concur—Saxe, J.P., Sweeny, Acosta, Freedman and Román, JJ.” This should be included at the end. Is there any syllabus? No, just the “Order...” paragraph which functions as the procedural history/summary. One more thing: The case starts mid-page on 640. The previous case ends. I skip the previous case. I include the caption. Page 642 ends with the conclusion of the Carl T. case and the start of UrbanAmerica. I stop after the Carl T. case finishes. Word rejointing: “judg- ment” -> “judgment” “ev- idence” -> “evidence” (wait, this is in the first case I‘m skipping) “ag- gravated” -> “aggravated” “as- sess” -> “assess” “af- fected” -> “affected” “appropri- ate” -> “appropriate” “employ- ment” -> “employment” Wait, the prompt says “Multi-Opinion Documents... convert only the MAIN opinion... Skip partial content from a previous case“. The main opinion is Carl T. Metadata: shortName=“Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C.” docket=“unknown” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” citation=“945 N.Y.S.2d 20” Wait, the citation in brackets is `[945 NYS2d 20]`. I‘ll use that format. Let‘s double check citations in the “Carl T.” case. 1. `Matter of Royea v Hutchings`, 260 AD2d 678, 680 [1999] 2. `Matter of Allen v Black`, 275 AD2d 207, 207-210 [2000] 3. `People v Grant`, 77 AD3d 488 [2010] 4. `16 NY3d 859 [2011]` (lv denied) 5. `People v Wilson`, 59 AD3d 153 [2009] 6. `14 NY3d 895 [2010]` (affd) 7. `Matter of Michael D. [Tiffany D.]`, 30 Misc 3d 502, 511 [2010] 8. `Matter of Louise E.S. v W. Stephen S.`, 64 NY2d 946, 947 [1985] 9. `Matter of Celenia M. v Faustino M.`, 77 AD3d 486 [2010] 10. `16 NY3d 702 [2011]` (lv denied) 11. `Matter of Madeline S.`, 3 AD3d 13, 19 [2003] 12. `Victor L. v Darlene L.`, 251 AD2d 178 [1998] 13. `92 NY2d 816 [1998]` (lv denied) 14. `Matter of Westfall v Westfall`, 28 AD3d 1229 [2006] 15. `7 NY3d 706 [2006]` (lv denied) 16. `Matter of Williams v Williams`, 66 AD3d 1149, 1151-1152 [2009] 17. `Matter of James Joseph M. v Rosana R.`, 32 AD3d 725, 727 [2006] 18. `7 NY3d 717 [2006]` (lv denied) Note on `cite` attribute for WL/Lexis: prompt says full cite. For these NY reporter citations, I use `vol reporter page`. Note on `pinpoint`: extracted from the text. Page numbers: 640, 641, 642. One small check: “In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Respondent, v YAJAIRA A.C., Appellant. In the Matter of CARL T., SR., Appellant, v YAJAIRA A.C., Respondent. [945 NYS2d 20]—” This text is the caption. It belongs in the `
` block based on the instructions “Extract metadata here, don‘t repeat in body“. However, if the caption is formatted as part of the flow of the reporter, usually I put it in details. But instructions say: “Include ALL content before the main opinion text: Syllabus / “Held:” sections, Headnotes, Attorney listings... This content is important — do not omit it.” The caption/citation line precedes the opinion text. Actually, the rule says: “Case Information ... Extract metadata here, don‘t repeat in body“. So Case Name goes in `midpage-case-name`. Let‘s refine the court name. The judges (Saxe, Sweeny, Acosta, Freedman, Roman) are First Department Appellate Division judges. Court abbreviation: `N.Y. App. Div.` Let‘s review the start of the opinion. It starts: “Order, Family Court, Bronx County...” This is the summary/procedural history. Wait, there is a black box in the original screenshot above the “Order” text. This usually hides the attorney names or a summary. OCR shows nothing between the citation and “Order“. Ah, I see a block on page 640 and 641 and 642. These are likely redacted or just separators. Actually, the black blocks in the screenshots seem to be redactions or highlighting from the user? No, they look like standard separator bars in these reporter formats. Wait, on page 640 there is a black box below the citation. OCR text says nothing is there. Oh, I see. In the OCR for page 1: “T., Sr., Respondent, Yajaira In the Matter of Carl v A.C., Appellant. In the Matter of Carl T., Sr., Appellant, v Yajaira A.C., Respondent. [945 NYS2d 20]—” This matches the image. The black box below it is just a visual separator. Body text reconstruction: “visitation and issued a final award of custody to the father, with the mother to have only supervised visitation with the parties’ child, unanimously modified, on the law, to strike that portion of the order imposing a $200 fine on the father, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.” The break is between “custody and” (end of 640) and “visitation” (start of 641). Final check on citations: Matter of Royea v Hutchings -> AD2d is N.Y. App. Div. People v Grant -> AD3d is N.Y. App. Div. Matter of Michael D. -> Misc 3d is N.Y. Misc. Matter of Louise E.S. -> NY2d is N.Y. Matter of Celenia M. -> AD3d is N.Y. App. Div. Let‘s go.

Case Details

Case Name: Carl T. v. Yajaira A.C.
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: May 17, 2012
Citations: 95 A.D.3d 640; 945 N.Y.S.2d 20
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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