MATTER OF MARIA T. v. KWAME A.


35 A.D.3d 239 (2006)

826 N.Y.S.2d 42

In the Matter of MARIA T., Respondent, v. KWAME A., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided December 12, 2006.


Respondent's admitted failure to pay support as ordered constituted prima facie evidence of a willful violation, and shifted to him the burden of going forward (Matter of Powers v Powers, 86 N.Y.2d 63, 68-69 [1995]). There is no basis for disturbing the Support Magistrate's findings, based largely on his assessments of witness credibility (see Matter of Childress v Samuel, 27 A.D.3d 295...

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