Granted, there were things done wrong in this case.
I though am looking at the fathers behavior after the fact, He had all the access he wanted to visit, take pictures, participate in his little girls life, but he did nothing.
We have people on our site that have not seen their child(ren) in 10+ yrs and still fight to do so.
He has sonogram (sp?) pictures of his daughter and one of after her birth,, IMHO I would be there as often as possible and let the little girl know daddy loved her.