Mother & Son Business Realtionship Problems. Long Story. I Need Advice!

I'm going to try and be as brief and detailed as possible. My grandfather started and owned a manufacturing business. He died when my father was 19. My father took it over and ran it until he died when I was 21. On my fathers' deathbed, he called me into the room and asked me if I wanted to take over the business. I had been working there in the summers since I was 13 years old, I went to college and came home deciding that I wanted to work with my dad at the business. I worked with him every day for 3 years before he died. My father and I were extremely close, he was my best friend, my idol and hero. We did everything together. My mother and I never really got a long. We lived in a very prestigious area and grew up with many privileges. My mother was a stay at home mom until my sister and I were old enough; she started substitute teaching on the side not knowing anything whatsoever about this business. Back to my fathers' deathbed, I told him yes, it would be my honor to take over the business and carry on the legacy. He said ok, and told me I would be making X amount of dollars. My mother heard this and came into the room hysterically saying that I was to young, I would spend all the money on cars and frivolous things. So they ended up putting the business in my mothers' name. Keep in mind, my mother had no experience in this business, and in general is a very high strung, overprotective, over emotional, power hungry type of person. So what was I to do? The business was now solely owned by my mother. After he died, I ran this business essentially by myself. I did all the quoting, quality, billing, payroll, customer relations, etc. I was 21 making $10.00/hour. I let this continue until my mother was finished grieving. About 8 months after he died, she came into the office asking if there was anything she could do to help. I said sure! I showed her how to do the billing, payroll, shipping forms, etc. All of a sudden, she becomes this power hungry *****! She starts docking my hours, having attitudes with employees, basically being a control freak with an attitude. Fast forward 10 years. We fight constantly about money, when I'm going to run and own the business; it's a constant horrible situation that is affecting every aspect of my life and relationships. I've tried every possible angle to make her see that I deserve more money, that this was my fathers, grandfathers, company, and you being absolutely unfair. She claims I don't work hard enough when I do everything that makes this company money. I am at a loss. I don't know how to handle this situation any more. Any advice would be great. Thank you.

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