In the Interest of T.K.

Walker, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the district court affirming the finding by a district magistrate court that T.K. was a juvenile offender. Also appealed is the district court’s denial of T.K.’s motion to dismiss on the basis that de novo review was not held in a timely manner.

T.K.’s adjudication as a juvenile offender arose out of two separate incidents at his home in Grant County. In the first incident on March 25, 1985, the testimony indicated that T.K.’s mother called him for school early one morning. When T.K. did not respond, his mother went to his room and called…