How often does my child need to see her father?

[TicklishPearlBear]

Hi all,
im officially separating from my daughters dad, we’ve technically been separated a while but living together, next month we will live separately. So my daughter’s dad currently has her while I’m in the office 3 days a week. Just my office hours. Honestly I don’t love leaving her with him, his parenting style
is often to put her Infront of the tv, and he often shouts and her for say making a mess and doesn’t let her be a child in that sense, she’s 2. He also never does anything with her, she’s just kept at home the times I’m at work, in her two years of life he’s done 3 activities with her 2 of which I was act. I also found out he smacked her on one occasion by leaving a red mark on her leg. this is one of the reasons I’ve stayed living with him so long so that she doesn’t really have entire days alone with him. My question is once we are separated how often do I have to let him have her?

He hit her. None.

Actually getting to that point is hard of course but you can start by reporting the hitting asap. Do you have photos?

Will he take you to court over it?

If you went to court they would want to see what evidence you have about him hitting her, and what did you do at the time. Kindly, you've continued to leave her with him 3 says a week so the precedent is now 3 days a week, if you'd stopped contact after you found out he hit her it might have helped. You need proof that you are the main carer... he has proof that he cares for your daughter alone for almost half the week...

So, do you have evidence of him hitting her? A text from him saying he did is ideal, a photo?
I would ask him what he wants... i hope it's not much.
You need to now document everything as it happens: date, time, how your child felt, what happened with no emotion.

Unfortunately, not doing anything with her and sitting her infront of screens is considering different parenting styles and not reason to limit contact. I say this from experience, my eldest is older with hobbies.

Offer as little possible under the guise of helping him out, so he can have quality time and not the boring day to day to care. Get her inti nursery to 'socialise and get ready for school'. Then maybe his interest will fade.