Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court did not err in finding that the father had willfully violated a prior order of support. Proof of the father's failure to pay child support constituted "prima facie evidence of a willful violation" (Family Ct Act § 454 [3] [a]), and shifted the burden to him to come forward with competent credible evidence of his inability to do so (see Matter of Powers v Powers, ...
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