Opinion ID: 1086985
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Text: [1,2] Modification of child support payments is entrusted to the trial court’s discretion, and although, on appeal, the issue is reviewed de novo on the record, we will affirm the trial court’s decision absent an abuse of discretion.2 Whether a child support order should be retroactive is also entrusted to the discretion of the trial court, and we will affirm its decision absent an abuse of discretion.3 [3] In a review de novo on the record, an appellate court reappraises the evidence as presented by the record and reaches its own independent conclusions on the matters at issue. When evidence is in conflict, the appellate court considers and may give weight to the fact that the trial judge heard and observed 2 See Gase v. Gase, 266 Neb. 975, 671 N.W.2d 223 (2003). 3 See, e.g., Emery v. Moffett, 269 Neb. 867, 697 N.W.2d 249 (2005). Nebraska Advance Sheets 718 286 NEBRASKA REPORTS the witnesses and accepted one version of the facts rather than another.4