Hi everyone. I never thought I would be needing to do a GoFundMe, but here we are. As you may or may not know, Aaron's mother has recently contested Aaron's inheritance, which is supposed to go to the child Aaron and I had together. Specifically, she's fighting us over Aaron's name and likeness and the future funds Prince would receive from licensing deals. You know that saying to never steal candy from a baby... this is a million times worse than that. She is trying to take some of the only parts of Prince's father that he has left. The money that is supposed to go towards his future college expenses, the money that is supposed to pay for therapy so he can cope with not having a father. The money that is supposed to help him throughout life. The saddest part about this is she had so many chances for redemption. I gave Aaron's mom so many chances. Even after she never bothered to meet her grandson while Aaron was alive, something that I believe caused Aaron to spiral even more, I tried to give this woman a chance. Unfortunately, no good deed goes unpunished. I am done allowing this person to hurt my son! Her grandson!

I recently had to fire the probate attorney that one of Aaron's mom's accomplices found for me in the months after Aaron's passing when I was dealing with too much grief to see straight. I believe that it was an obvious conflict of interest to have someone I felt I couldn't fully trust representing my son's interests. Now, I need to hire a probate attorney. Unfortunately, attorneys charge a retainer fee of $10,000 or more in most cases, and I need to raise these funds, and have mere weeks to do so. I have been working overtime to the point of exhaustion trying to get these funds, and have been listing everything I can on Poshmark to raise the necessary funds to protect my son's interests and get justice for Aaron, but I may still not be able to get enough. So I decided to create this GoFundMe in case anyone wants to help. Literally every donation counts, and Prince and I greatly appreciate everyone's help.

Sincerely,

Melanie Martin. Mother to Aaron Carter's only child, Princeton Lyric Carter