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The Homewrecker's Legal Battle: A Tale of Love and Betrayal
N/A United States of America
Park Overall stars as Marsha, a housewife who has devoted the past twenty years to raising her family and supporting her husband, Michael (played by Tim Matheson), in his successful career as a business executive. To her shock and dismay, she discovers that Michael has been carrying on an affair with his young secretary, Robin (Laura Innes), and has promised to leave his wife to marry her.
Heartbroken and betrayed, Marsha files for divorce and decides to pursue legal action against Robin. Her lawyer, Carl (played by Jack Coleman), advises her to bring a suit for alienation of affection, a little-known legal theory that allows a spouse to sue a third party for interfering with the marital relationship. In other words, Marsha is arguing that Robin has "stolen" her husband's love and affection, depriving her of the companionship, support, and intimacy she had a right to expect in marriage.
The case becomes a major legal battle, attracting national attention and putting both women in the spotlight. Marsha is portrayed as a sympathetic figure, wronged by her philandering husband and seeking justice from the woman who lured him away. Robin, meanwhile, is cast as a homewrecker, a calculating seductress who knowingly destroyed a marriage for her own selfish ends.
However, as the trial unfolds, the complexity of the situation becomes apparent. Robin's defense attorney, Susan (played by Lindsay Crouse), argues that her client did not set out to break up a marriage, and that Michael was a willing participant in the affair. She also challenges the alienation of affection law as outdated and sexist, arguing that it essentially treats women as property to be owned and protected by their husbands.
The trial becomes a battle of wits and emotions, as both sides present their arguments and evidence to the judge and jury. Marsha must confront the painful reality of her failed marriage and her husband's infidelity, while Robin struggles to defend herself and her actions against the accusations of the woman she helped to betray. In the end, the court must decide whether the laws of love and marriage can be enforced by legal means, or whether they remain matters of the heart beyond the reach of the law.
Heartbroken and betrayed, Marsha files for divorce and decides to pursue legal action against Robin. Her lawyer, Carl (played by Jack Coleman), advises her to bring a suit for alienation of affection, a little-known legal theory that allows a spouse to sue a third party for interfering with the marital relationship. In other words, Marsha is arguing that Robin has "stolen" her husband's love and affection, depriving her of the companionship, support, and intimacy she had a right to expect in marriage.
The case becomes a major legal battle, attracting national attention and putting both women in the spotlight. Marsha is portrayed as a sympathetic figure, wronged by her philandering husband and seeking justice from the woman who lured him away. Robin, meanwhile, is cast as a homewrecker, a calculating seductress who knowingly destroyed a marriage for her own selfish ends.
However, as the trial unfolds, the complexity of the situation becomes apparent. Robin's defense attorney, Susan (played by Lindsay Crouse), argues that her client did not set out to break up a marriage, and that Michael was a willing participant in the affair. She also challenges the alienation of affection law as outdated and sexist, arguing that it essentially treats women as property to be owned and protected by their husbands.
The trial becomes a battle of wits and emotions, as both sides present their arguments and evidence to the judge and jury. Marsha must confront the painful reality of her failed marriage and her husband's infidelity, while Robin struggles to defend herself and her actions against the accusations of the woman she helped to betray. In the end, the court must decide whether the laws of love and marriage can be enforced by legal means, or whether they remain matters of the heart beyond the reach of the law.