{3:42 minutes to read} In my previous blog post on this topic, I described some of the general issues that arise 
during a mediation involving an intra-family commercial dispute. These included:
{2.54 minutes to read} All happy families may be alike, but all families with intra-family disputes involving money 
are unhappy in their own way. Resentments build up slowly over time, people develop allies and enemies, recollections diverge, and “alternate truths” emerge. Each family has its own unique set of alternate truths that must, at a minimum, be recognized for a mediation to be successful.
The goal of an intra-family mediation is not to get family members to agree on a single truth. This may be emotionally impossible, and recollections can be fuzzy and subject to interpretation. Words can be stated in many different ways and with different intent. What was meant one way may have been taken in another. 5, 10, or 15 years later, the recordings are lost. And to some extent they may be irrelevant.