BAKER, C.J.
The State argues that the juvenile court erred by finding J.S. incompetent to stand trial and dismissing the delinquency petition. We review a juvenile court’s ruling on a motion to dismiss a delinquency petition for an abuse of discretion. W.C.B. v. State, 855 N.E.2d 1057, 1059 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006).
Here, the juvenile court reviewed three competency evaluations of J.S. Two of the three doctors found him incompetent to stand trial, while the third found him competent. It was for the juvenile court to assess the credibility of the reports and the parties, weigh the evidence, and reach a conclusion as to competency. With two thorough, extensive expert reports in the record finding that J.S. did not understand the magnitude of the charges facing him, that he was unable to assist in his defense, and was unable to communicate effectively, we cannot say that the juvenile court abused its discretion in finding J.S. incompetent to stand trial.
The State asks that the delinquency petition remain pending while J.S. receives treatment and attempts to achieve competency. We note that very recently, this court found, in an adult criminal context, that it is a violation of due process to permit criminal charges to hang over a defendant’s head indefinitely when the defendant is mentally ill, incompetent to stand trial, and will remain incompetent for the rest of his life. Curtis v. State, 932 N.E.2d 204, 208 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010), trans. pending. Here, although the experts did not reach a conclusion as to whether J.S. will ever regain competency, we note that he is a juvenile and, as such, there is only a limited amount of time left until he is an adult and no longer subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts. Furthermore, the record reveals that J.S. has suffered from—and been treated for—multiple debilitating social and developmental disorders for much of his young life, and the juvenile court would not have abused its discretion to have concluded, based on this record, that J.S. is unlikely to regain competency before he reaches the age of eighteen, if ever.
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. . . [I]t is clear that J.S. is receiving the care, protection, treatment, and rehabilitation that he needs. Furthermore, the adults in his life at home, at school, and at the counseling center have set up safeguards to protect the public. Under these circumstances, we do not find that the juvenile court’s decision to dismiss the delinquency petition unduly endangers the public such that the dismissal must be reversed. Therefore, given the finding of incompetency to stand trial, which we have already found was not an abuse of discretion, the trial court did not err by dismissing the delinquency petition against J.S..
NAJAM, J., and MATHIAS, J., concur.