Being Evicted After Taking Care of My Parent

[LinvilleFallsNC]

My question involves estate proceedings in the state of: North Carolina.
I gave up my good job in another state to move in with my mother in N Carolina who was elderly. My home back in the other state got forclosed on. I lived with and took care of my mom until she died. She told me over and over again that I would have a place to live(meaning I could stay in her home).
She died. In her will, she left my brother everything. I received one dollar. Since then my brother has allowed me to live in the home, but now he is wanting rent. This is a very old home that is in very bad condition. I have been putting my own money and time into repairs on this property. I would like to stay until my minor children are out of school on spring break or summer, then I will leave. I will of course leave the things that my mother owned since I did not inherit anything. I will only take what I brought in.
What legal rights do I have? I work 6-7 days per week. When he serves eviction papers on me, how long will I have to get out?
That is the main question: How long will I have to vacate the house? I have a lot of my own personal things that will take about about a week to move.

[Mr. Knowitall]

You have the right to decline to use your own money to repair the home.

If he evicts you, the process will take however long the courts take to handle it. A local lawyer may be able to give you a ballpark for the eviction process, start to finish. The process will take longer than a week - from the notice to quit for nonpayment, to the initiation of the eviction suit, to getting a judgment, to getting an eviction order. If you try to drag things out, including an appeal, I would expect it to take at least 4-6 weeks, possibly longer, before he has a final order of eviction. (See this guidebook for more information.)