Huli society is polygynist. Men may take multiple wives but women may only have one husband at a time. Exogamy (where marriage is allowed only outside of a social group) is normal, and marriage between close relatives is forbidden.
Marriages may be arranged, but couples may also choose to marry each other. The man pays a brideprice to the bride and her family, usually pigs or other native livestock. The groom is responsible for building a house for his bride. After marriage, the wife's role is to raise children and care for them, cultivate crops and process them for food, make clothing, and raise the pigs. Boys usually leave their mother's house around age 10 to live with their father. For boys, rites of passage associated with puberty include hunting and time spent in the highlands.
Divorce is not uncommon; the most frequent cause is the wife's failure to bear children. Upon divorce, the husband will attempt to regain the pigs paid to the wife's family at the time of marriage.