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Perspective

Nov. 17, 2010

Postnuptial Planning: Lessons Learned From Frank and Jamie McCourt

The battle over who owns the Dodgers serves as a lesson on best practices for drafting postnuptial agreements. By Colin T. Greene of Russakow, Greene and Tan.


By Colin T. Greene


Unless you've been stranded on a desert island for a couple of years, you've probably heard about the battle between Frank and Jamie McCourt over ownership of the Dodgers, among millions of dollars in other assets. Given some of the troubling aspects of the case, you may secretly wish that you had been stranded on a desert island, since this would have spared you from learning about how a dispute involving so much money, two &quo...

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