[csimmons]

Thank you all for posting. These are some very good ideas.

Our reasons for changing her name is that her biomom gave her a very unusual name which is mis-pronounced frequently and difficult to spell for others. Secondly, there is safety / identity issues involved. Biomom has a violent temper, on drugs, and who knows what she would be capable of. It's scary because she knows where we live, where we go to church, etc... we've thought about moving, changing our phone numbers, etc... once everything is finalized. The new social security number is an excellent suggestion and one we will definitely proceed with.