MATTER OF ESTATE OF WORLEY

No. COA19-345.

843 S.E.2d 300 (2020)

In the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Paul William Mallie WORLEY, a/k/a Paul Worley, Deceased. Brenda Worley Moss, Barbara Worley Ingle, and Lester Worley, Petitioners, v. Patricia Sprouse, Darlene Waters, Lavonda Griffin, Danny Mathis, and Jordan Hawkins, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: April 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Parker, Payne, Anderson & McClellan, P.A., Asheville, by Ronald K. Payne and Thomas K. McClellan , for Petitioner-Appellee.

Frank G. Queen, PLLC, Waynesville, by Frank G. Queen , and Smathers & Smathers, Canton, by Patrick U. Smathers , for Respondent-Appellant.


This matter concerns the estate of Paul Worley, who died in 2017 unmarried and without lineal descendants. Respondent Patricia Sprouse ("Ms. Sprouse" or "Pat"), Mr. Worley's long-time companion, offered a certain document for probate which she contends is Mr. Worley's will and which leaves...

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