Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the father's motion to vacate the custody order entered upon his default as the father failed to demonstrate either a reasonable excuse for the default or a meritorious defense to the petition for custody ( see Matter of Taylor v Staples, 33 AD3d 1089; Matter of Burns v Carriere-Knapp, 278 AD2d 542).
Additionally, the Family Court properly denied, without a hearing, the father's petition to modify the custody order. Contrary to the father's contention, the Family Court applied the appropriate standard ( see Matter of Metcalf v Odums, 35 AD3d 865; Matter of Fishburne v Teelucksingh, 34 AD3d 804; Matter of Guinta v Doxtator, 20 AD3d 47, 51). Here, the father failed to make a sufficient showing of a change of circumstances to warrant a hearing ( see Spratt v Fontana, 46 AD3d 670; McNally v McNally, 28 AD3d 526).