the modification of an alimony award to the discretion of the trial court and review the trial court’s decision de novo on the record for abuse of discretion. Pendleton v. Pendleton, 247 Neb. 66, 525 N.W.2d 22 (1994); Kleager v. Kleager, 242 Neb. 24, 492 N.W.2d 873 (1992). 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 with respect to the matters at issue. When evidence is in conflict, the appellate court considers an n of child support obligations, that “ ‘a petition for modification will be denied if the change in financial condition is due to fault or voluntary wastage or dissipation of one’s talents and assets. . . .’” Ohler v. Ohler, 220 Neb. 272, 275, 369 N.W.2d 615, 617 (1985) (<HOLDING>). See Baer v. Simon, 334 So. 2d 796 (La. App.
holding that reduction in income resulting from voluntary employment decision does not require corresponding reduction in payor spouses support obligations even if decision was reasonable and made in good faith recognizing that fathers parental rights were terminated based upon his incarceration and his behavior while in prison his history of substance abuse and the fact that his child support payments are in arrears holding that receipt of a large inheritance constitutes a substantial change in circumstances justifying termination of permanent alimony holding that fathers criminal activity resulting in incarceration did not constitute material change in circumstances justifying reduction in or termination of his child support obligations holding that a permanent change in income constitutes a substantial change in circumstances justifying a reduction of alimony