California - I've heard that when a parent dies, surviving children may be entitled to get some money from the SSA. Is this true?
If there are benefits available but no one has claimed the money would it be possible for the dead father's grand child to request these benefits?
Is there anyway to see if the mother collected these benefits back when the father died in 1969?
I am the ex-wife of the child (now adult). My daughter is the surviving grand child of the deceased. My former mother in law insists that she never received any child support from my ex-husband's father and she never received any government assistance when she was divorced at age 19 with a three year old to raise. She thinks I am taking advantage of her son by having him pay guideline child support.
I do have the father's date and county of birth and death as well as his social security number.



