diff --git a/global.d.ts b/global.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b867229b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+declare const __DEV__: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useForm/formContext.ts b/packages/core/src/useForm/formContext.ts
index 28477c5e..2bb86f38 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useForm/formContext.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useForm/formContext.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 import { cloneDeep, normalizeArrayable } from '../utils/common';
 import { escapePath, findLeaf, getFromPath, isPathSet, setInPath, unsetPath as unsetInObject } from '../utils/path';
 import { FormSnapshot } from './formSnapshot';
-import { merge } from '../../../shared/src';
+import { isObject, merge } from '../../../shared/src';
 
 export type FormValidationMode = 'native' | 'schema';
 
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ export function createFormContext<TForm extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput
   }
 
   function isFieldTouched<TPath extends Path<TForm>>(path: TPath) {
-    return !!getFromPath(touched, path);
+    const value = getFromPath(touched, path);
+    if (isObject(value)) {
+      return !!findLeaf(value, v => !!v);
+    }
+
+    return !!value;
   }
 
   function isFieldSet<TPath extends Path<TForm>>(path: TPath) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2dc0b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import { renderSetup } from '@test-utils/renderSetup';
+import { Component } from 'vue';
+import { TypedSchema, useTextField, useForm, useFormGroup } from '@core/index';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/vue';
+import { flush } from '@test-utils/flush';
+
+test('warns if no form is present', async () => {
+  const warnFn = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn');
+
+  await renderSetup(() => {
+    return useFormGroup({ name: 'test' });
+  });
+
+  expect(warnFn).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  warnFn.mockRestore();
+});
+
+function createInputComponent(): Component {
+  return {
+    inheritAttrs: false,
+    setup: (_, { attrs }) => {
+      const name = (attrs.name || 'test') as string;
+      const schema = attrs.schema as TypedSchema<any>;
+      const { errorMessage, inputProps } = useTextField({ name, label: name, schema });
+
+      return { errorMessage: errorMessage, inputProps, name };
+    },
+    template: `
+        <input v-bind="inputProps" :data-testid="name" />
+        <span data-testid="err">{{ errorMessage }}</span>
+      `,
+  };
+}
+
+function createGroupComponent(fn?: (fg: ReturnType<typeof useFormGroup>) => void): Component {
+  return {
+    inheritAttrs: false,
+    setup: (_, { attrs }) => {
+      const name = (attrs.name || 'test') as string;
+      const schema = attrs.schema as TypedSchema<any>;
+      const fg = useFormGroup({ name, label: name, schema });
+      fn?.(fg);
+
+      return {};
+    },
+    template: `
+        <slot />
+      `,
+  };
+}
+
+test('prefixes path values with its name', async () => {
+  let form!: ReturnType<typeof useForm>;
+  await render({
+    components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent() },
+    setup() {
+      form = useForm();
+
+      return {};
+    },
+    template: `
+      <TGroup name="groupTest">
+        <TInput name="field1" />
+      </TGroup>
+
+      <TGroup name="nestedGroup.deep">
+        <TInput name="field2" />
+      </TGroup>
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await flush();
+  await fireEvent.update(screen.getByTestId('field1'), 'test 1');
+  await fireEvent.update(screen.getByTestId('field2'), 'test 2');
+  await flush();
+
+  expect(form.values).toEqual({ groupTest: { field1: 'test 1' }, nestedGroup: { deep: { field2: 'test 2' } } });
+});
+
+test('tracks its dirty state', async () => {
+  const groups: ReturnType<typeof useFormGroup>[] = [];
+  await render({
+    components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent(fg => groups.push(fg)) },
+    setup() {
+      useForm();
+
+      return {};
+    },
+    template: `
+      <TGroup name="groupTest">
+        <TInput name="field1" />
+      </TGroup>
+
+      <TGroup name="nestedGroup.deep">
+        <TInput name="field2" />
+      </TGroup>
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await flush();
+  expect(groups[0].isDirty.value).toBe(false);
+  expect(groups[1].isDirty.value).toBe(false);
+  await fireEvent.update(screen.getByTestId('field1'), 'test 1');
+  await flush();
+  expect(groups[0].isDirty.value).toBe(true);
+  expect(groups[1].isDirty.value).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test('tracks its touched state', async () => {
+  const groups: ReturnType<typeof useFormGroup>[] = [];
+  await render({
+    components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent(fg => groups.push(fg)) },
+    setup() {
+      useForm();
+
+      return {};
+    },
+    template: `
+      <TGroup name="groupTest">
+        <TInput name="field1" />
+      </TGroup>
+
+      <TGroup name="nestedGroup.deep">
+        <TInput name="field2" />
+      </TGroup>
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await flush();
+  expect(groups[0].isTouched.value).toBe(false);
+  expect(groups[1].isTouched.value).toBe(false);
+  await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field1'));
+  await flush();
+  expect(groups[0].isTouched.value).toBe(true);
+  expect(groups[1].isTouched.value).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test('tracks its valid state', async () => {
+  const groups: ReturnType<typeof useFormGroup>[] = [];
+  const schema: TypedSchema<string> = {
+    async parse(value) {
+      return {
+        errors: value ? [] : [{ path: 'groupTest.field1', messages: ['error'] }],
+      };
+    },
+  };
+
+  await render({
+    components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent(fg => groups.push(fg)) },
+    setup() {
+      useForm();
+
+      return {
+        schema,
+      };
+    },
+    template: `
+      <TGroup name="groupTest">
+        <TInput name="field1" :schema="schema" />
+      </TGroup>
+
+      <TGroup name="nestedGroup.deep">
+        <TInput name="field2" />
+      </TGroup>
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await flush();
+  expect(groups[0].isValid.value).toBe(false);
+  expect(groups[1].isValid.value).toBe(true);
+  await fireEvent.update(screen.getByTestId('field1'), 'test');
+  await fireEvent.blur(screen.getByTestId('field1'), 'test');
+  await flush();
+  expect(groups[0].isValid.value).toBe(true);
+  expect(groups[1].isValid.value).toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts
index 8c09dfc3..8eed7057 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   createBlock,
   defineComponent,
   Fragment,
+  inject,
   InjectionKey,
   openBlock,
   provide,
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@ import {
 import { useLabel } from '../a11y/useLabel';
 import { FieldTypePrefixes } from '../constants';
 import { AriaLabelableProps, AriaLabelProps, FormObject, Reactivify, TypedSchema } from '../types';
-import { normalizeProps, useUniqId, withRefCapture } from '../utils/common';
+import { isEqual, normalizeProps, useUniqId, warn, withRefCapture } from '../utils/common';
+import { FormKey } from '@core/useForm';
 
 export interface FormGroupProps<TInput extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput extends FormObject = TInput> {
-  name?: string;
+  name: string;
   label?: string;
   schema?: TypedSchema<TInput, TOutput>;
 }
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ export function useFormGroup<TInput extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput ext
   const id = useUniqId(FieldTypePrefixes.FormGroup);
   const props = normalizeProps(_props);
   const groupRef = elementRef || shallowRef<HTMLInputElement>();
+  const form = inject(FormKey, null);
+  if (!form) {
+    warn('Form groups must have a parent form. Please make sure to call `useForm` at a parent component.');
+  }
 
   const { labelProps, labelledByProps } = useLabel({
     for: id,
@@ -63,6 +69,36 @@ export function useFormGroup<TInput extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput ext
 
   const FormGroup = createInlineFormGroupComponent({ groupProps, labelProps });
 
+  function getValues() {
+    return form?.getFieldValue(toValue(props.name)) ?? {};
+  }
+
+  function getErrors() {
+    const path = toValue(props.name);
+    const allErrors = form?.getErrors() || [];
+
+    return allErrors.filter(e => e.path.startsWith(path));
+  }
+
+  const isValid = computed(() => getErrors().length === 0);
+  const isTouched = computed(() => form?.isFieldTouched(toValue(props.name)) ?? false);
+  const isDirty = computed(() => {
+    const path = toValue(props.name);
+
+    return !isEqual(getValues(), form?.getFieldOriginalValue(path) ?? {});
+  });
+
+  function getError(name: string) {
+    return form?.getFieldErrors(ctx.prefixPath(name) ?? '')?.[0];
+  }
+
+  function displayError(name: string) {
+    const msg = getError(name);
+    const path = ctx.prefixPath(name) ?? '';
+
+    return form?.isFieldTouched(path) ? msg : undefined;
+  }
+
   const ctx: FormGroupContext = {
     prefixPath(path: string | undefined) {
       return prefixGroupPath(toValue(props.name), path);
@@ -76,6 +112,13 @@ export function useFormGroup<TInput extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput ext
     labelProps,
     groupProps,
     FormGroup,
+    isDirty,
+    isValid,
+    isTouched,
+    getErrors,
+    getValues,
+    getError,
+    displayError,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/common.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/common.ts
index 47cd52ea..f2224da4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/common.ts
@@ -278,3 +278,9 @@ export function batchAsync<TFunction extends (...args: any) => Promise<any>, TRe
     return new Promise<TResult>(resolve => resolves.push(resolve));
   };
 }
+
+export function warn(message: string) {
+  if (__DEV__) {
+    console.warn(`[Formwerk]: ${message}`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/playground/src/App.vue b/packages/playground/src/App.vue
index 4b47db6a..56e92bbb 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/App.vue
+++ b/packages/playground/src/App.vue
@@ -1,32 +1,27 @@
 <template>
   <div class="flex flex-col">
-    <!-- <FormGroup v-slot="{ groupProps, labelProps }">
-      <div v-bind="groupProps">
-        <div v-bind="labelProps">Shipping Address</div>
-
-        <InputText label="deep" name="deep.path" />
-        <InputText label="arr" name="array.0.path" />
-      </div>
-    </FormGroup> -->
-
+  <FormGroup name="group1" label="Group 1">
     <InputText label="Email" name="email" type="email" :schema="defineSchema(z.string().email())" />
     <InputText label="Other" name="other" required />
+  </FormGroup>
 
-    <button @click="onSubmit">Submit</button>
+    <FormGroup name="group2" label="Group 2" class="mt-6">
+      <InputText label="Email" name="email" type="email" :schema="defineSchema(z.string().email())" />
+      <InputText label="Other" name="other" required />
+    </FormGroup>
 
-    <pre>{{ values }}</pre>
-    <pre>{{ getErrors() }}</pre>
+
+    <button @click="onSubmit">Submit</button>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import InputText from '@/components/InputText.vue';
-// import FormGroup from '@/components/FormGroup.vue';
-import { useForm, useFormGroup } from '@formwerk/core';
+import FormGroup from '@/components/FormGroup.vue';
+import { useForm } from '@formwerk/core';
 import { defineSchema } from '@formwerk/schema-zod';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-// const { FormGroup } = useFormGroup({ name: 'some.deep', label: 'Shipping Information' });
 
 const { getErrors, values, handleSubmit } = useForm({
   schema: defineSchema(
diff --git a/packages/playground/src/components/FormGroup.vue b/packages/playground/src/components/FormGroup.vue
index e3e5716b..67601114 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/components/FormGroup.vue
+++ b/packages/playground/src/components/FormGroup.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 <template>
-  <fieldset v-bind="groupProps">
-    <legend v-bind="labelProps">Shipping Address</legend>
+  <fieldset v-bind="groupProps" class="p-2 border border-gray-400 rounded-lg">
+    <legend v-bind="labelProps">{{label}}</legend>
 
-    <slot />
+    <slot :display-error="displayError" :get-error="getError" />
+
+    <pre class="bg-gray-600 text-white text-xs p-2.5 rounded-lg">Errors: {{getErrors()}}
+    </pre>
+
+    <div>values: {{ getValues()}}</div>
+    <div>touched: {{ isTouched }}</div>
+    <div>dirty: {{ isDirty }}</div>
+    <div>valid: {{ isValid }}</div>
   </fieldset>
 </template>
 
@@ -11,5 +19,5 @@ import { FormGroupProps, useFormGroup } from '@formwerk/core';
 
 const props = defineProps<FormGroupProps>();
 
-const { labelProps, groupProps } = useFormGroup(props);
+const { labelProps, groupProps, getErrors, getError, displayError, getValues, isValid, isDirty, isTouched } = useFormGroup(props);
 </script>
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 65f84432..2be2dc61 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
     "types": ["vitest/globals"],
     "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types", "node_modules"]
   },
-  "include": ["packages/*/src", "packages/*/tests", "commitlint.config.ts"],
+  "include": ["packages/*/src", "packages/*/tests", "commitlint.config.ts", "global.d.ts"],
   "exclude": ["packages/playground"]
 }