Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, and the petition is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court improvidently exercised its discretion in finding the appellant to be in willful violation of a child support order (see, Family Ct Act § 454). Although the failure to pay support as ordered constitutes prima facie evidence of a willful violation (see, Family Ct Act § 454 [3] [a]), in this case the record clearly evinces...
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