It sounds like you are a nonresident of Rhode Island and should not file a Rhode Island return because you cut your ties with the state and have a closer connection with your current location than you do with Rhode Island.
Rhode Island defines a nonresident as any person not coming within the definition of a resident.
For purposes of the above definition, domicile is found to be a place an individual regards as his or her permanent home – the place to which he or she intends to return after a period of absence.
A domicile, once established, continues until a new fixed and permanent home is acquired.
No change of domicile results from moving to a new location if the intention is to remain only for a limited time even if it is for a relatively long duration.
For a married couple, normally both individuals have the same domicile. Any person asserting a change in domicile must show:
(1) an intent to abandon the former domicile,
(2) an intent to acquire a new domicile and
(3) actual physical presence in a new domicile.
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