Just another thought....possible "loophole"

Hi. Our beautiful son was placed with us in October of 2004. Unfortunately we didn't look into any of the tax credits or child dependent laws to see if we needed to do anything in advance of doing our taxes. So, here we are, a week before our appt. to get our taxes done. I finally look at the paperwork and see that we need either a Social Security Number or Temp. Tax ID number for him. After realizing that it will take forever for the Temp. Tax ID number, I gather all my paperwork and head down to sit in the SS Office. I figured it was a long shot but I had nothing to lose. Well, after three different manager coming over and trying to sort it all out, they were able to assign my son a SS card!!! WOOHOO!!! We don't finalize until this spring so I thought we wouldn't be able to appy for the ss card. They accepted the documents from the court stating that both parents rights were already terminated. Then they used the agency's document where it states we have custody. They told us we should receive his card in the mail in a week or two. I hope this helps someone else out and it's worth a shot rather than waiting 4-8 weeks for the temp. tax id number. **Editted to add that the SS card will have his birth name (which was ok for us since bmom gave the name we planned on using) and have his last name changed when the adoption is finalized.