Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

I have a 2 year old daughter. Was never married, engaged or lived with her father. He has been an abusive jerk for 4 years now. He's always chosen the partying life over family life and never takes care of our daughter. He's taken me to court for paternity and has tried to get custody of our daughter. (I didnt put him on the birth certificate, and didnt give my daughter his last name). I hired a guardian ad litem for my daughter, as well as having a lawyer of my own. The guardian ad litem and my lawyer agreed that he should get supervised visitation at our local visitation center. We were both supposd to sign up and pay for an application fee. While I did this, because it was court orderd, he still has not. It's been 8 months since this has happened. Since those 8 months, we have tried to work things out and I have let him see my daughter (with me always around of course). He has refused to change or be a father. He's still continuously going out and choosing that over spending time with our daughter. Basically, over these 4 years, it's basically been, he just wants control over me, blah blah blah. He's a text book abuser. I've seen therapists, talked to cops, done it all. He never changes even though he says he will. I could go into more detail about all of this, but to get to the point, right now, he's mad and threatning to take me back to court again. I know he will probably be denied right now since it was court ordered for him to sign up for his supervised visitation and he still hasnt, but if and when he does, what will happen next? He's not a father to our daughter at all. When he sees her, he's not the one taking care of her or doing any parental things. I cannot let my daughter be taken from me for even a day, especially if it's to see him. I know he will be just as, or even more abusive to her. Help please.

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