Opinion ID: 4537596
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Heading: standard of review

Text: [1,2] Statutory interpretation presents a question of law.2 We independently review questions of law decided by a lower court.3 [3-5] In a marital dissolution action, an appellate court reviews the case de novo on the record to determine whether there has been an abuse of discretion by the trial judge.4 In a review de novo on the record, an appellate court is required to make independent factual determinations based upon the record, and the court reaches its own independent conclusions 1 See Sabino v. Ozuna, 303 Neb. 318, 928 N.W.2d 778 (2019). 2 In Re Guardianship of Carlos D., 300 Neb. 646, 915 N.W.2d 581 (2018). 3 Id. 4 Burgardt v. Burgardt, 304 Neb. 356, 934 N.W.2d 488 (2019). - 181 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 305 Nebraska Reports SABINO v. OZUNA Cite as 305 Neb. 176 with respect to the matters at issue.5 A judicial abuse of discretion exists if the reasons or rulings of a trial judge are clearly untenable, unfairly depriving a litigant of a substantial right and denying just results in matters submitted for disposition.6