You will file a joint federal return and your spouse will file a part-year resident separate return for RI.
On desktop you can complete up to five returns so after completing your joint federal return, you can complete a married filing separate return with only your spouse's income and information. This will allow you to create a separate RI return.
You will not file the federal separate return it is only a "dummy" to allow the RI return creation.
In the "My Info" section for your spouse's separate return you will indicate her current resident state and that she lived in another state (RI) and enter the date of the move to the new state.
On the joint federal return that you will file simply indicate that you both resided in your current state all year.
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