If your wife wishes to retain her North Dakota residency and you are filing a joint federal return, here is how to file your states:
NORTH DAKOTA: You can file using the joint federal and indicate your nonresident status. You will be required to indicate all of your income as non-ND. She will get the credit for taxes paid to another jurisdiction, so you will want to prepare this return last.
RHODE ISLAND: You will want to use the "mock" separate return then she will file separate for Rhode Island. Here are the instructions: How do I prepare a joint federal return and separate state returns?
MARYLAND: You can choose to file joint or separate, but since you both have Maryland income, it may be beneficial to file joint. She will be able to indicate nonresident and allocate her Maryland income on the return.
Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
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