Are Two People Considered a Single Person When Married
<p>In the United States of America is a married couple, regardless of sex, considered to be a single person by the government? If so, in what situations does the government not view them as a single person.</p>

<p>The modern rule is that individuals in a married couple are almost never considered a single person (ownership of real property in a tenancy by entireties in a few states mostly in the Northeast, is a narrow and rare exception).</p>

<p>Historically, considering a married man and woman to be a single person (a legal doctrine called <em>coverture</em>) was common place in the common law, but almost all such rules have been superseded.</p>

<p>Lots of the relevant law and legal history is considered in the <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/22640/have-wives-ever-been-legally-a-mans-property-in-the-us/22642#22642">answer to this question</a> at Law.SE.</p>

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