Social Security Survivor's Benefits?

My son's father passed away in February 2014. His mother refused to give me custody, so we went to court on June 18th and judge told her she never had custody to give my son back. She has also been receiving his benefits as well. So she finally canceled them on July 29th.

I had applied to be the new payee since I am custodial mother, but I was refused due to a felony. So my mother who is a payee for 3 other people applied to be his payee. They sent her the same letter they sent me, "You are the payee but we are no longer paying my son's regular monthly benefits at this time." I called and they said the benefits were suspended When my mother called they said that she was going to receive the back pay from when my son's other grandmother's benefits stopped which was July. It is now October 14th and we all have spent our entire savings making sure my son has everything he needs. My son and I both have ADHD, can either of us also apply for benefits because he does have a learning disability says the school.

By Nicole