In the Interest of Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HAYASHI, C.J.

This is an appeal from the order of the family court filed August 6, 1979 waiving its jurisdiction over the appellant and transferring him to the circuit court for trial as an adult.

The only issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting the petition for waiver of its jurisdiction. Finding no abuse, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On June 13, 1979, two days after his eighteenth birthday, appellant was charged in the family court with murder. He *302was eight days short of being eighteen at the time of the alleged…