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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
A spouse can never be claimed as a dependent. When you are legally married your filing choices are to file married filing jointly or married filing separately. Filing "single" is not an option and would mean you are filing a false tax return.
You do not mention whether you have income that you will be entering on a tax return of your own. Dependents often file their own tax returns in order to seek a refund of tax withheld from their paychecks. Did you have income in 2024? Do your parents help with or check your tax return?
You and your spouse could file married filing separately, and your own return could say that you can be claimed as someone else's dependent. Your parents could still claim you in that situation. Your spouse would have the disadvantages of filing married filing separately----which would include not being able to use any education credits --- is he also a student?