In my state "KY" 6 months is considered abandonment if the bio father has had no contact or paid child support in those 6 months. I would contact an attorney in your state to see what the laws are. But they still make you try to locate him, most of the time they make u publish it in the newspaper where he was last know to live and things like that but im sure you have a good chance at it if thats the case! My husband just adopted my 2 girls 2 & 4 yrs old using abandonment and judge did terminate bio dads rights because by law he had not met parental guidelines to raise a child. Good luck with whatever you do...Anymore questions feel free to ask or email me at
Jac_38612@yahoo.com for more info! It is a long and costly process though so dont look foward to it being easy or cheap!