If you lived and worked in CA for the entire year of 2024 and your spouse lived and worked in NJ for all of 2024, then you would file separately for the states which each of you filing as a resident of the state. You would not file a non-resident return if you lived in the state for the entire year.
You can file a joint federal and separate states, or you can file separate federal and state returns.
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