Hello Refuse2Sink: The Skeezyks celebrates your determination to "rise from the ashes", so to speak, & to build a better life for your daughter! I would have to be honest & say that I don't really know much about this sort of thing. I would think that perhaps establishing a relationship with a family therapist might be the best way to figure out what is best for your daughter in this. I would presume there are also going to be some legal complications here. On the one hand, he is her biological father. But on the other he's going to be in prison for a long time. Along the way you may need to seek some legal advice with regard to what the father's legal rights are & what your options are to protect your daughter.

Off the top of my head, as they say, what occurs to me here is that your daughter is still very young at this point. So it's presumably going to be a few years before she will begin to ask a lot about her father(?). Whenever she does, my inclination would be to answer her questions honestly but without adding any more detail than is necessary, if that makes sense. Be objective but don't embellish your answers. Just be matter-of-fact in your replies. Don't take her to see him if you aren't legally compelled to. (From what you wrote, it doesn't sound as though he's going to care... but you never know...)

Over the years, as your daughter grows up, let her decide for herself if-&-when she wants to correspond with him or visit him. If at some point she wants to do one or both, allow it to happen. If she doesn't don't encourage it. You don't want to put yourself in the position of keeping your daughter from her dad. But, from my perspective, there's also nothing to be gained by intentionally working to create a relationship that your daughter may not want & that may not be healthy for her. I send you both my best wishes...