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• Social Security Administration
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Sources

• "Can You Legally Create a New Identity for Yourself?" associatedcontent.com, February 6, 2008. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/569929/can_you_legally_create_a_new_identity.html
• "Georgia Name Change Law." namechangelaw.com, 2008. http://www.namechangelaw.com/states/ga/georgia.htm
• "Should you get a new Social Security number?" socialsecurity.gov, 2008. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10064.html#new
• "Sleeping With the Enemy." imdb.com, 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102945/