To further confirm, a self-induced hardship *should* be denied. It's part of the area they are cracking down on since the NCEPT began. The exact example above was given as to what will no longer be allowed. The same goes for your spouse even if they're not ATC. Your husband/wife willfully accepts a job in a different state, not a hardship.
There are still plenty of ways to 'game' the system which would include...
1) Qualifying under a separate hardship category aka if their parents lived in Hawaii and had a hardship viable medical condition
2) If kids are in the picture, get divorced, apply for joint custody, then file the hardship, move, then remarry.
With all this being said, each region handles hardships differently and their sliding scale of allow-ability could vary from case to case and especially region to region. As 'The Great One' once said, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Hardships aside, I'd reasonably expect any half of a husband/wife duo that gets left behind will be ranked #1 whenever that facility is eligible to select again. Now remaining eligible through the NCEPT process to get to that facility is a different story. This process has hurt a lot of people, married couples (although they are swimming in double ATC money and retirement) are arguably hurt the most. I'd give any married couple the same advice, split if you need to, take the 1 year release, the one left behind applies to every FAA facility in that general area, then you have a total 4 panels to get the second half selected before you have to leave.