Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The father's failure to pay child support as ordered constituted "prima facie evidence of a willful violation" of the Family Court's February 13, 2004, order of support (Family Ct Act § 454 [3] [a]). The burden then shifted to the father "to offer competent, credible evidence of his inability to comply with that order" (Matter of Watson v Watson,
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