Ordered that the order dated October 8, 2002, is affirmed, with costs.
The Family Court properly found the father to be in contempt for willfully refusing to pay court-ordered child support. The father's failure to pay support as ordered constituted "prima facie evidence of a willful violation" (Family Ct Act § 454 [3] [a]; see Matter of Powers v Powers,
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