Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Otsego County (Coccomá, J.), entered March 29, 2006, which, inter aha, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 4, to find respondent in willful violation of a prior order of support.
In 2002, respondent was ordered to pay petitioner $65 in weekly child support. His failure to pay since September 2004 prompted the instant violation proceeding in December 2005. At a subsequent hearing, respondent claimed that he was injured in a work-related accident during the summer of 2004 and that he was unable to find comparable employment upon being released back to work in November 2004. He admitted, however, that he was able to cut and sell firewood during this time period.
A Support Magistrate found respondent to be in willful violation of his child support obligation. The Support Magistrate specifically found that respondent failed to offer a reasonable explanation for his failure to pay and, in particular, found that he failed to make a good faith effort to find work since November 2004. Family Court affirmed the order, prompting this appeal by respondent. We affirm.
Mercure, J.E, Spain, Rose and Lahtinen, JJ, concur. Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs.
