Statements of decision in McCourt postnuptial divorce case

By MaritalMediation Staff on October 19, 2010

The attorneys for Frank and Jamie McCourt have submitted their statements of decision to the judge on Monday, moving the process forward to determine the validity of their postnuptial agreement.

His lawyers say:

Attorneys for Frank McCourt are seeking to have the version of the marital property agreement that gives their client sole possession of the Dodgers upheld because they say it was what the couple always intended.

In court they have argued that the three copies that excluded the Dodgers from Frank’s separate property were the result of a typo. In their filings today they wrote: “Both parties read and approved [the version of the MPA that gave Frank the Dodgers]. Neither party read the [version that gave Jamie claim to the team] before it was signed.”

Her lawyers say:

Jamie McCourt testified that she never knowingly signed away her interest in the Dodgers. In their filings, Frank’s attorneys countered that because the Dodgers’ previous owner, News Corp., had lost more than $50 million a year in the three years before the McCourts bought the team, Jamie signed away her rights to the club to “protect herself from the risks associated with the Dodger acquisition.”

The drama continues. Who will get the Dodgers?

From ESPN.

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