If Social Security makes payments to previous wives then it must also be a benefit to previously married husbands. Realizing that women since the 1970’s began working more full time and for a longer period of time, a divorced man is entitled to his ex-wives social security funding (even if he was working full time) but out lived them all. Ralph www.carvingsbyralph.com

The determining factor isn't gender but how much money. The spouse can draw on whichever amount is larger. My ex-wife drew benefits based on my earnings and it had no effect on my SS income. If she had earned more than I then I would have filed on her benefits. Gale Gorman Houston On Jul 15, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Ralph Scheffler wrote: If Social Security makes payments to previous wives then it must also be a benefit to previously married husbands. Realizing that women since the 1970’s began working more full time and for a longer period of time, a divorced man is entitled to his ex-wives social security funding (even if he was working full time) but out lived them all. Ralph www.carvingsbyralph.com