Pat- They CAN but they don't receive the full amount from all of them...it isn't double dipping. The benefit is divided and computed is such a way so they only receive the highest amount. Sort of like a person who is entitled as a wife on their spouse's account (because his insurance amount is higher than hers) and also entitled to a lower benefit on her own account from her own work. The person gets one check by the amount of the check if calculated to include the higher portion from the husband on top of the benefit on her own account. Joan In a message dated 7/16/2012 11:42:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Kith-n-Kin@cox.net writes: Oh, good grief! Look here: http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/299/~/qualifying-for-div orced-spouse-benefits I really doubt that anyone can receive more than one SS benefit at a time. Do you have a reference for your statement? Or, perhaps you meant that she received SS on account of each husband in succession? Pat In Tucson