Can I deny him the right to acknowledge our child?

Thank you, but I'm actually from Belgium and I don't know if it's the same here?

I think so. He's a danger to you and your child...
I'd call a legal advisor or go in person to ask what's possible and what's not...

Stay strong.

I think that's definitely possible.

This is also something I've been looking into quite a bit. Anyway, the father needs the mother's permission to acknowledge the child. At least, that's what I understood from a good friend of mine, who is a single mother.
Of course, the father can always request a DNA test through the court, etc., etc. If he does that, I still think you'll manage, given the accusation.

He has no right to acknowledge the child; you need to give permission for that. If you don’t, he’s out of luck! He can’t force a DNA test because he hasn’t acknowledged the child. If he tries to get a DNA test from you and the baby, he’s out of luck because then any neighbor could claim the child is his and demand a DNA test. A woman can force a man to do this, but a man can’t force a woman.

In the Netherlands, the father has to acknowledge the child at the municipal office if you're not married. This happens early in the pregnancy. It can only be done if the mother is present and gives her consent. If that doesn't happen, the father has no say. (Just to give you a quick overview.) If all goes well, your midwife or gynecologist can tell you more about how this is handled in Belgium.
Good luck!

Anonymous is right. He can only acknowledge the child if the three of you go to the municipal office together and sign that the child takes his name. Until you do that, the child gets your last name. At the moment of birth, every child gets the mother's name. Until the child is acknowledged by the alleged father... every time he does something... insults, threatens, or hits, you should report it each time. Sounds ridiculous, but it could be useful in the future! Love, x

Indeed, he can only recognize the child with you and your baby.
I also don't think that if you've filed a complaint with the police against him, he'll still have the chance to get the child recognized.

How are you doing in the meantime?
Have you found some rest?
Hopefully everything is going well!

Just don't let the father acknowledge the child. So, once you've given birth, you fill in your details and leave out anything about the father. Use your last name.

Umm, you guys are pretty off base with the Dutch laws here..
A child indeed has to be acknowledged with the mother's consent. However, a father can take legal steps and a judge can FORCE the MOTHER to provide a DNA sample. Even if the mother says the child isn't the father's but the neighbor's. Even if she has been abused, the father can have rights to the child. The father did this to the mother, not towards the child. The child is also not yet viable, still viable and at 12 weeks it's not even counted as a baby. At a later stage when the child would be viable you could charge him with attempted manslaughter or murder. But she's not in that situation. The fact that he abused the mother says nothing about how he is as a father. Not legally. And as long as he doesn't have facts like child abuse, child maltreatment, extreme psychological issues, or sex crimes on his record. According to a judge he can be a very good father and even get joint custody of the child. With a visitation schedule. Because it is looked at in the interest of the child, and according to Dutch laws it is very good to stay in contact with both parents if both are capable of exercising their parenthood well. What father and mother have with each other is separate from the child. And to handle this properly youth care can be called in. But well, this is in the Netherlands, Belgium could be different. Get well informed by a lawyer about such things and not via a forum because it will be pointless to take steps because you think it works that way. While it really is different.

What hummeltje says is correct, the father can take legal steps!!