Bio dad "not in picture"

Have they even contacted him yet? Just because he's never been involved doesn't mean he shouldn't be contacted. I've known of a few situations where they were late in contacting a never involved bio dad and he quickly got his act together to get the kid. If they have contacted him and given him options and he hasn't responded, then they'll terminate on him too. You absolutely can not adopt without a father's rights being terminated. Whether it's on a known or unknown father, they have to be terminated.