Marriage is being discussed on the national social agenda. This is a controversial subject with many positive outcomes associated with healthy marriages at one end of the spectrum and unhealthy marriages that can include domestic violence at the other end. The controversy also encompasses the question of government’s role in the intimate decision of whether to marry and how support services could improve marital relationships. The positive outcomes associated with healthy marriages and the overall decline in marriage in recent decades have elevated marriage as a social policy issue. Policymakers have begun to discuss how they can strengthen the institution of marriage in their state both to support children in married households and to reduce the social costs related to divorce.