In this juvenile delinquency proceeding, the State appeals with permission from a juvenile court order refusing to waive the juvenile court’s jurisdiction to permit a criminal trial. The State contends that it produced sufficient evidence to support the requested waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction under the criteria for waiver stated in Iowa Code sections 232.45(6) and (7). We affirm.
I. Scope of Review
Our review in this case is de novo. Iowa Code section 232.133 (1983). However, this does not mean that we reach our own determination on the same evidence, for, as the supreme court held in In Interest of Matzen, 305 N.W.2d 479, 482 (Iowa 1981),
a review in that sense would eliminate the element of trial court’s discretion that the legislature built into section 232.46 when it provided the court “may suspend the proceedings ... [and] enter a consent decree.” [Citation.] In these circumstances our role requires a de novo review to the extent of examining all the evidence to determine whether the court abused its discretion. [Citation.] (“[W]e have nothing to review de novo other than whether the juvenile court judge abused the discretion granted under the provisions of Code chapter 232.... ”).
Section 232.45(6) provides that the juvenile court may waive its jurisdiction and transfer a child to adult criminal court.
We hold that the scope of review of the appellate court is limited to a determination of whether the juvenile court abused its discretion in determining whether to waive the juvenile court’s jurisdiction, but does not go so far as to permit the appellate *639court to substitute its own judgment for that of the juvenile court.
II. Waiver of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
The State argues that it was error for the juvenile court to deny the State’s motion for waiver of the juvenile court’s jurisdiction in this matter, since the facts were sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Iowa Code sections 232.45(6) and (7).
Section 232.45(6) provides that if certain conditions are met, “the court may waive its jurisdiction.” (Emphasis added.) This language clearly gives the juvenile court broad discretion to determine whether it ought to waive jurisdiction when those conditions are satisfied. Section 232.45(7) confers very broad discretion upon the court to consider such factors as it deems relevant in determining whether it ought to waive jurisdiction in a particular case.
The State believes that on de novo review, we ought to find that the juvenile court abused its discretion when it refused to waive its jurisdiction. We are not persuaded that the juvenile court abused its discretion in denying the State’s motion. To be sure, this juvenile’s actions were violent, destructive, and damaging to the victim. The core of the issue is the most appropriate treatment to be accorded this juvenile in attempting to rehabilitate her and to protect society against further violations by her. The State believes that these interests can best be assured by the juvenile court’s waiver of jurisdiction so that the juvenile, who was only two months short of attaining the age of eighteen, could be prosecuted as an adult offender.
Jean Severson, juvenile deputy probation officer, testified that group homes and the training school were not dispositional options since the child was eighteen. The State offered no evidence that out-of-home placement was necessary in this case.
Officer Severson testified that probation was the only dispositional option and that if probation didn’t work, juvenile court had no leverage because the child was now eighteen. However, the State offered no evidence to indicate that probation would not work. Furthermore, the probation period could last for three years. Section 232.53(2) The Code:
In the case of an adult within the jurisdiction of the court under the provisions of section 232.8(1) the dispositional order shall automatically terminate one year after the last date upon which jurisdiction could attach, (emphasis supplied)
Section 232.8(l)(b) The Code provides that jurisdiction could attach two years after the commission of the act. The offense charged is more than a simple misdemean- or.
During the three-year probation period the juvenile court has at its disposal a formidable array of remedies for T.D.’s rehabilitation, including work assignments and restitution to her victim. Section 232.-52(2)(e) of the Code permits the court to transfer guardianship of T.D. to the commissioner of the department of social services for placement in a facility other than the training school. Section 232.52(2)(f) permits the court to commit T.D. to a mental health institute or other appropriate facility for purpose of treatment of a mental or emotional condition upon a proper showing. The State offered no evidence that these options would not be feasible. Nor was any evidence offered that T.D.’s mother was unwilling or incapable of aiding a probation program.
We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the State’s motion to transfer T.D. to adult court.
AFFIRMED.
All Judges concur except DONIELSON, J., who dissents.
HAYDEN, J., takes no part.