Subdivision 3 of section 246 of the Domestic Relations Law provides that where a person asserts his financial inability to comply with the support provisions of a divorce decree as a defense in a proceeding against him pursuant to section 245, he is entitled to an evidentiary hearing to resolve conflicting claims before he can be adjudged in contempt (cf. Hickland v Hickland,
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