Equity in Social Security Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Equity in Social Security Act - Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act: (1) to eliminate the requirement that a husband be receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife, and that a widower be receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife at the time of her death in order to qualify for husband's widower's insurance benefits; (2) reduces from 20 to 15 years the duration of-marriage requirement for divorced wives and former wives; (3) to extend eligibility for such benefits to unmarried divorced husbands and widowers; (4) to extend without regard to any age limitation, husband's benefits to a husband who has in his care a minor child who is entitled to child's insurance benefits under Title II; and (5) to extend to widowers and surviving divorced fathers the same benefits as are available to widows and surviving divorced mothers with minor children in their care. Permits the payment of old-age insurance benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record.…