In re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. J-102981

GRANT, Judge.

Three issues are presented in this appeal from an order of the juvenile court which transferred the juvenile for adult prosecution on two counts of child molestation.

1. Whether the juvenile court erred by conducting a transfer hearing without the juvenile being present.

2. Whether the juvenile court erred by remanding the juvenile who was committable to an institution for the mentally deficient, defective, or ill.

3. Whether the juvenile court abused its discretion by determining that it was ' more probable than not that the public safety and interest would be best served by…