I would appreciate some help finding a lawyer in North Carolina / Asheboro/Greensboro area

[SheilaT]

3. Thanks. I'm frankly appalled that any state

can refuse to accept a valid will from another state. I would have thought that the full faith and credit clause in the Constitution (Article IV, Section 1) would require every state to accept a valid will from any other state.

Assuming everything has been inherited by your mother, move very quickly to get a new will in NC, one that has the provisions that your mother will want. That should be more or less a matter of copying the old will, with whatever changes need to reflect the fact that there's only one living person now, and getting it signed and filed. Simply start calling around to area law firms and ask what they charge for a simple will. Presumably this is a simple one, without any complex trusts or such. Or ask the ABA for a few recommendations and make the phone calls.