Opinion ID: 1043195
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Heading: standard of review

Text: [2] The meaning and interpretation of a statute are questions of law. An appellate court independently reviews questions of law decided by a lower court.2 [3,4] Under § 71-6904(6), we hear the appeal de novo on the record. Accordingly, we reappraise the evidence as presented by the record and reach our own independent conclusions with respect to the matters at issue.3 Although our review is de novo on the record, we may consider and give 2 Pinnacle Enters. v. City of Papillion, ante p. 322, ___ N.W.2d ___ (2013). 3 In re Petition of Anonymous 3, 279 Neb. 912, 782 N.W.2d 591 (2010). Nebraska Advance Sheets IN RE PETITION OF ANONYMOUS 5 645 Cite as 286 Neb. 640 weight to the fact that the judge below heard and observed the witnesses.4