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Facilitator, Judge Sarah Zabel, has been featured in the Dade County Bar Association Bulletin. Collaborative law is another dispute resolution alternative. Just like mediation the collaborative process when successful keeps people out of the court system (especially children).

When to use a Special Magistrate?

16 May 2019

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Magistrates can be utilized to reduce the burden of the court system. Whether it is for depositions, discovery disputes, evidentiary hearings, and pre-trial, current-trial or post-trial matters. Special masters specifically used to facilitate all sorts of different areas of law such as bankruptcy, family, insurance, construction, homeowner, trusts and estates, personal injury, sports and entertainment, and employment. Masters in some instances can hire outside consultants depending on the complexity of the case. Lawyers for each party may stipulate to a specific magistrate on the case or have one appointed by the court. This person might be an attorney or retired...

Happily Ever After or The Fractured Fairy Tale

07 May 2019

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When a couple marries, they are not usually considering divorce. Married couples realizing their marriage is not meant to be, travel a journey to end the marriage. Parents of children trapped in an unhappy marriage began wanting the happily ever after. Maybe when a couple finally finds closure is when happily ever after happens. The end of a marriage does not mean there will be a fractured fairy tale and life will cease to exist. Possibly, the end of a marriage will help facilitate a new life for two people stuck in a strained relationship. Life, unlike fairytales, will not...

Heroes V. Villians in Divorce?

24 Apr 2019

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The Marvel movie the Endgame is about to be released. This movie is the culmination of years of Marvel movie making. It all ends with a three-hour blockbuster made of superheroes and villains. When a couple journeys through a divorce, there is no villain and there is no superhero. Even in a Marvel movie, the audience may actually come to sympathize with the so-called villain. Actually, a couple going through a divorce are their own superheroes and villains. Everything is a gray area. There is no antagonist or protagonist, just two people usually coming to the ultimate conclusion their marriage...

Former 11th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel Featured as Miami-Dade College Alumni of the Day

22 Oct 2018

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Sarah Zabel Featured In Attorney At Law Magazine/ Miami 2018 Women In Law Issue

16 Oct 2018

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Parents In Conflict Through The Lens Of A Child

31 Jul 2018

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I see my mommy crying; I see my daddy screaming at my mommy; I hear my mommy calling my daddy bad names; I hear my daddy crying; My mommy and daddy see the Snapchat I took hiding in my house; My daddy and mommy saw what I saw through my lens! We can all choose to resolve our own conflicts! Sarah Zabel (Former Circuit Court Judge) MAZEresolutions.com Email: sz@MAZEresolutions.com Phone: 305-652-2699 MAZE RESOLUTIONS PA is available to help navigate parties out of the MAZE, or help prevent them from entering the MAZE of litigation!

Mediation as it Relates to Tennis

13 Jul 2018

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When watching a tennis match, we as the spectators look back and forth until finally the point is won. In a courtroom, the jury or the judge watches as the lawyer’s lob one argument back and forth until the decision is made. In mediation, the litigants go back and forth with the mediator. The litigants are in control of the mediation, as the tennis players are in control of the court. If the player serves the ball over the net and outside the court, then the player on the other side gets the point. This is not always...