Judge Orders Dodgers' Frank McCourt To Pay His Wife More Than $637,000 A Month In Spousal Support

LATimes ^ | May 07th 2010

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Judge Orders Dodgers' Frank McCourt To Pay His Wife More Than $637,000 A Month In Spousal Support [Updated]

May 7, 2010

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to pay his estranged wife, Jamie, $637,159 a month in temporary spousal support, plus lawyers' fees pending their divorce. The amount that Judge Scott Gordon decided upon falls short of the $988,845 that Jamie McCourt requested. More than half that requested amount ($568,829), her lawyers said, is needed to pay the costs, including mortgages, of seven homes and an eighth piece of property in Mexico that are listed in her name. Her lawyers argued that spousal support should include those costs since her estranged husband used to contribute funds to the housing.

The judge specified that $412,159 of the monthly total should go to payment of costs associated with the properties, but ordered the property in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to be sold.

In the months since she made her lofty financial request, Jamie McCourt has been vilified in the court of public opinion and in the courtroom -- where her husband's attorney, Sorrell Trope, likened her to Marie Antoinette.

Both sides have agreed in court that the couple has lived lavishly -- "Every need, every want these people had was met," her attorney, Dennis Wasser said -- but they have bitterly disagreed over how Jamie McCourt should sustain that lifestyle during the divorce proceedings.

Her lawyers argued that Frank McCourt has access to $18 million annually and should not withhold from his wife the funds she needs to maintain the lifestyle that they created together.

[jessduntno]

A girl has to live...

[OldDeckHand]

I know what word he’ll never forget - prenup.

[historyrepeatz]

That’s alotta Dodger Dogs.

[Liberty Valance]

At first glance, i thought it was this guy ...
Then i thought ... what a title! ;o)

[jaz.357]

Back to BROOKLYN!

[MadJack]

Anybody have her phone number?

[presently no screen name]

“Her” number? 988 8450

[MadJack]

Thanks. Just now looked at her photo. Good thing she’s getting those bucks - she’d never make it on tips as a waitress.

[Hebrews 11:6]

It was a sad day for the Dodgers and we fans when Peter O’Malley and his sister Terry O’Malley Seidler decided they had to sell the Dodgers.

[presently no screen name]

OK - I had to check the picture and you're right. BTW, 'her' number is the number she wanted. the $988,845 that Jamie McCourt requested. I just added a '0'. ;)

Can't see why he has to pay for her properties - let her sell or rent them. needed to pay the costs, including mortgages, of seven homes and an eighth piece of property in Mexico that are listed in her name.

[ottbmare]

How come I can never divorce anybody like that?

[goat granny]

The way things are in this country, don’t know why any man would want to marry period....

[dragnet2]

Pay His Wife More Than $637,000 A Month In Spousal Support

Considering what most are now going through, the super wealthy in America have almost become obscene...Takes most people about 18 years to make, what they are paying this skank every month...