Garrett v. Teachers' & State Employees' Retirement System ex rel. Board of Trustees

WELLS, Judge.

Respondent raises several assignments of error concerning the standard of review under the North Carolina Administrative Procedure Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 150B-1-64 (1987), but we do not deem it necessary to reach them on this appeal.

This case involves the interpretation of the “in service” provisions of Ñ.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-5(1) (1979) (current version N.C. *411Gen. Stat. § 135-5(1) (1987)). The relevant portions of the death benefit provisions of the statute are as follows:

Upon receipt of proof, satisfactory to the Board of Trustees in their capacity as trustees under the Group…