In Re the Welfare of J.S.J.

OPINION

KALITOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

Appellant J.S.J. challenges his adult certification arguing the district court abused its discretion by: (1) denying a motion for an extension of time; and (2) concluding J.S.J. did not rebut the presumption in favor of certification.

FACTS

On June 11, 1995, J.S.J., a 16-year-old resident at Spring Hill Group Home, struck a counselor over the head with a wooden dowel. At the direction of J:S.J., he and two other juveniles stole Spring Hill’s van, taking three counselors as hostages at knifepoint. After the juveniles stole cigarettes from a store, an off-duty…