Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Family Court erred in confirming the Hearing Examiner's finding that respondent willfully violated an order of support. "In order to establish a willful failure to pay support, petitioner had the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence * * * that respondent had the ability to pay" (Matter of Edwards v Johnson,
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