Opinion ID: 4549027
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Text: [1,2] In a filiation proceeding, questions concerning child custody determinations are reviewed on appeal de novo on the 1 See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-1106(3) (Cum. Supp. 2018). - 73 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 306 Nebraska Reports STATE ON BEHALF OF RYLEY G. v. RYAN G. Cite as 306 Neb. 63 record to determine whether there has been an abuse of discretion by the trial court, whose judgment will be upheld in the absence of an abuse of discretion. 2 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. 3 [3] In a de novo review, when the evidence is in conflict, the appellate court considers, and may give weight to, the fact that the trial court heard and observed the witnesses and accepted one version of the facts rather than another. 4