Dead beat dad thinking he can call the shots

[lockdownmummax]

So my daughter is a toddler and her biological father is a total twat

he contributes nothing financially towards her, will go months without texting to see how she is and then pop up out the blue asking to have her on certain days trying to call the shots

He was very abusive towards me and threatened to steal my daughter from me multiple times, I got held with a knife once and threatened to have me and my dad killed so I don't let her see him himself it's supervised contact with his mum ( his mum see's Ava every week she's a great gran)

So example I hadn't heard from him in months, no child support, no asking how his daughter was and he just randomly texts me asking if him and his new girlfriend could have her today, I said no and he started saying demands about what he wants and he wants to start paying child maintenance and doing the supervised contact, so I said he would have to go to his mums to see her but no girlfriend, of course he didn't go and when he was due to pay the child maintenance he didn't
fast forward a few months in advance haven't heard from him since and just received a text message from him asking to see my daughter
What's my rights? He's on the birth certificate but I do not trust him and do not like the fact he can't stick to the supervised contact and only appears every few months it jus t proves to me he doesn't care about my daughter

Did you report the incidences with a knife. If so should be on social care reports which will give you stronger grounds for enforcing supervised contact only.
You should also claim child maintenance though the CSA if he isn't paying an agreed amount. If you use the processes in place this will protect you and your daughter the best way and keep everything recorded.

Is that your child's actual name? You might want to get that removed.

Re the deadbeat dad, maybe tell him to go to court to establish visiting rights. He'll probs not get round to that until she's off to uni.
If he has a job then apply for child maintenance.
You don't need to talk to him if he's abusive, it can be emails only to a separate address for you to see when you are ready.