Girl listed as ‘Unakite Thirteen Hotel’ finally gets a Social Security number
A Nebraska father struggling to get a Social Security number and valid birth certificate for his toddler with the computer-generated name Unakite Thirteen Hotel gets a reprieve.
A Nebraska father who has been struggling to get a Social Security number and a valid birth certificate for his toddler finally got a reprieve Wednesday.
Jason Kilburn’s 2-year-old, Caroline, has been listed in state records as “Unakite Thirteen Hotel” since she was born. In addition to not having a birth certificate with her real name on it, Caroline was never assigned a Social Security number — leaving her ineligible for Medicaid, day care and other services because they all require a Social Security number to verify her identity, her dad says.
On Tuesday, a day after NBC News reported on his bizarre dilemma and was told by the Social Security Administration that it would contact Kilburn, the father received a call inviting him to come to the Social Security Administration’s Omaha field office, said Kilburn’s attorney, Joshua Livingston, who works at the Koenig | Dunne law firm in Omaha.
The meeting, which took place Wednesday morning, went well: Kilburn left with a Social Security number for Caroline at last. A representative told Kilburn to expect to receive a Social Security card for her in the coming weeks.
“I am just so relieved that we finally have this part of the puzzle in place,” Kilburn, who lives in Valley, Nebraska, said in an email. “I am absolutely overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for myself and Caroline and grateful for the support of each governmental agency that reached out to assist in finally resolving this part of the problem.”
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