在这部心碎的代价剧情片中,一起离婚诉讼案引发了大家对于婚姻和家庭问题的探讨。妻子多特起诉丈夫乔和他的新欢林恩·考克斯。林恩曾经是乔的女秘书，和乔有着非同一般的友谊。乔得到升职后，林恩更是刻意地吸引乔的注意力。两人的关系日益密切，乔甚至背着妻子与林恩同居。
然而，每当看到辛劳的妻子和可爱的孩子，乔都会产生深深的负罪感，终于，他决定重回家庭。林恩使尽手段，迫使乔彻底屈服。多特得知丈夫离婚的决定后深感震惊，当她从乔的同事那里知道真相后，更是万念俱灰。
在朋友的提示下，多特走出阴影，向法院提起诉讼，要求法庭谴责林恩破坏婚姻的行为，并要求乔为他的不忠行为向自己做出赔偿……
Fact-based story about a landmark legal battle. A woman (Park Overall) learns that her husband has been having a very open affair with his secretary (Laura Innes) and has promised marriage. The wife sues for divorce and also sues the secretary based on an obscure law on alienation of affection, which was created to protect married couples from homewreckers. This sets a new court room consideration, as the culpability of the other woman must be defended and removes from consideration the fault of the married partners.
