Dep't of Revenue v. C.P.R.

The defendant (father) appeals from a judgment declaring him to be the child's father and ordering him, among other things, to pay specified child support. We affirm.

At the outset, we note that, as a pro se litigant, the father is held to the same standard as a litigant represented by counsel. See Maza v. Commonwealth, 423 Mass. 1006, 1006 (1996). Moreover, we are not required to consider appellate contentions falling below a minimal quality of competent legal argument. See Zora v. State Ethics Commn., 415 Mass. 640, 642 n.3 (1993), and cases cited; Cameron v. Carelli, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 81,…