Author of this work analyses values and determinations for quality wedlock and family life with special accent on first decade of marriage. The need for research comes from the fact that divorced marriages are more frequent than ever and consequently also relativizing of sacramental reality of marriage. Author takes God's plan about marriage and family contained in Old Testament and New Testament as the starting point for talking about the values at all. The second part of this work is a brief review of Patristic thought about marriage and family values, and representation of different influences on this subject in period from Middle Age to The Second Vatican Council. The third part analyzes speech of the Second Vatican Council about values of marriage and family in two its documents, Gaudium et spes and Lumen Gentium. Following the continuity of thoughts and historical circumstances author keeps presenting postconciliar documents which are completely dedicated to marriage and family issues - Humanae vitae, Familiaris consortio and Amoris laetitia. The fifth chapter brings the results of a research which author has collected in six towns of Đakovo – Osijek Archdiocese based on anonymous poll conducted after Sunday's Holy Mass among married couples who live married for a decade or less. The aim of this research is retroactively reveal the quality of premarital relationships and period of engagement, reveal the quality of marriage and family life from the perspective of our poll participants, to spot a possible crisis and find out in which years of marriage these crisis are frequently happening and what causes them. Bedrock of this work is the analysis of research results which shows us the structure of the most important values in marriage and family life which couples married ten years or less have accentuated. The analysis of this research for a purpose has a concieving of new pastoral models of work in premarital and post marital pastoral work. Author points at two possible models who would form and bring engaged couples up for values who are the foundation for quality life in marriage and family. For post marital pastoral of marriage and family are represented two models of work with married couples in first decade of their marriage which include tracking of their condition.