Ordered that the amended order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The proof before the Hearing Examiner of the appellant's failure to pay court-ordered child support constituted prima facie evidence of a willful violation of the support order ( see, Family Ct Act § 454[a]); The burden then shifted to the appellant to offer competent, credible evidence of his inability to comply with the order ( see, Matter of Powers v. Powers, 86 N.Y.2d 63, 69-70; Family Ct Act § 455). The appellant, however, did not sustain his burden to rebut the prima facie evidence of willfulness by showing sufficient proof of his inability to pay ( see, Family Ct Act § 454[a]; see, e.g., Matter of Bickwid v. Deutsch, 229 A.D.2d 533; see also, Matter of Powers v. Powers, supra, at 69).
Miller, J.P., Ritter, Sullivan and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.