Texas courts provide a manual along with the marriage license

Ben Taylor of the Texas Attorney General's office has told me about a marriage handbook/workbook that his office has developed, which court clerks give to everyone who gets a marriage license. It is available in pdfs in English and Spanish.

It not only gives advice about marriage and the financial and legal issues that sometimes accompany it; it also asks  the bride and the groom to asnwer several simple but profound questions, in writing, about their expectations of marriage, themselves, their spouse, and their children.