1.   Asked to testify, I supported the bill as an important step but urged an added requirement that the engaged couple take a premarital inventory.

2.   Equally important, a premarital inventory can be a bridge between an older, wiser generation and the couple considering marriage.

3.   Premarital inventories and divorce-busting courses.

4.   Shockingly, however, only a tenth of those who marry today get a premarital inventory.

5.   The best marriage insurance is a premarital inventory, McManus contends.

6.   The guidelines recommend the use of a premarital inventory, sets of questions touching subjects as diverse as family backgrounds, daily habits and sexual expectations.

7.   Virtually none give training in conflict resolution and only a tenth require a premarital inventory.