Case Name: Teresa M. Cole, appellant, v. Ronnie L. Cole, appellee
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1986-10-24
Citations: 223 Neb. 906
Docket Number: No. 85-678
Parties: Teresa M. Cole, appellant, v. Ronnie L. Cole, appellee.
Judges: Krivosha, C.J., Boslaugh, White, Hastings, Caporale, Shanahan, and Grant, JJ.
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 223
Pages: 906–906

Head Matter:
Teresa M. Cole, appellant, v. Ronnie L. Cole, appellee.
395 N.W.2d 494
Filed October 24, 1986.
No. 85-678.
Leonard P. Vyhnalek of McCarthy, McCarthy & Vyhnalek, for appellant.
John J. Battershell, for appellee.
Krivosha, C.J., Boslaugh, White, Hastings, Caporale, Shanahan, and Grant, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an appeal from an order modifying the custody provisions of a decree of dissolution of the parties' marriage. The modification order changed custody of the parties' minor child from the appellant mother to the appellee father. Custody matters are initially entrusted to the sound discretion of the trial judge, which matters, on appeal, will be reviewed de novo on the record and affirmed in the absence of an abuse of the trial judge's discretion. In our de novo review, where the evidence is in conflict, we will give weight to the fact that the trial judge observed and heard the witnesses and accepted one version of the facts rather than another. Chalupa v. Chalupa, 220 Neb. 704, 371 N.W.2d 706 (1985); Parsons v. Parsons, 219 Neb. 736, 365 N.W.2d 841 (1985). After reviewing the matter de novo on the record, we find no abuse of the discretion of the trial court, and we find that custody of the minor child should be changed as ordered by the trial court.
Affirmed.