I am taking care of my mother in California but homes in Hawaii. What state do I file in?

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Are you a resident of Hawaii and visiting (temporarily in) California? If so, file Hawaii.

If you moved permanently to California (or earned income in California) file California.

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If your intent is to return to HI, you fil only an HI resident tax return. You are temporarily away from home and would only file a non resident CA return, if you earned income there. Even then, HI would give you a credit to any tax paid to CA.

From the rules:

"A resident is any individual who meets any of the
following:
• Present in California for other than a temporary or
transitory purpose.
https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2015/15_1031.pdf