King v. King

Petitioner, Annette C. King, has appealed from the judgment of the district court which ordered a dissolution of the marriage of the parties and awarded custody of their minor child to the respondent, Mark H. King. As the sole assignment of error, petitioner attacks the custody award.

Child custody determinations are matters initially entrusted to the sound discretion of the trial court, and, on appeal, that court’s determination will be affirmed in the absence of an abuse of discretion. Hibbard v. Hibbard, 230 Neb. 364, 431 N. W.2d 637 (1988). Having reviewed the record de novo, which we are…