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Only if the other spouse is given keys to said locks.

With two people who are legally married, one cannot lock out or evict the other without going through the court system in some fashion. They must file for legal separation or one spouse has to have broken the law in some way (resulting in, for example, a restraining order or involuntary psychiatric hold). Even if the spouse wanting to lock the other out is the owner of the house and the other is not, it doesn't matter, because they are said to have an "interest" in the property due to the marriage.

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