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"A judge has just thrown out a marital agreement that would have made &lt;strong&gt;Frank McCourt&lt;/strong&gt; the sole owner of the &lt;strong&gt;Los Angeles Dodgers&lt;/strong&gt; ... but that's not the end of the story. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/1207_mccourt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/12/07/1207-fank-jamie-divorce-doc-exd-2.jpg\" alt=\"Jamie McCourt Divorce\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ has learned the core of &lt;strong&gt;Judge Scott Gordon&lt;/strong&gt;'s ruling is that the post-marital agreement that Jamie and Frank McCourt signed -- making Frank the sole owner of the team -- was invalid because there was no \"meeting of the minds\" between the former couple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In essence the judge was saying that Frank and Jamie never had a joint understanding of what it meant when title to the team was transferred solely to Frank. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;strong&gt;Jamie McCourt&lt;/strong&gt;'s lawyers, the upshot of the ruling is that the Dodgers are officially community property, which means Jamie and Frank co-own the team ... which would be a HUGE victory for Jamie. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But sources connected with the case tell TMZ ... the fight is not over. There could be a trial that takes the fight beyond community property issues -- technically called \"common law ownership.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources connected with Frank tell TMZ their position is that ... under California law -- since Frank has title to the Dodgers, there is a presumption that he owns it despite community property laws. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But sources connected with Jamie say that argument is ridiculous ... that a person who has technical title cannot subvert the community property laws. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dennis Wasser &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Michael J. Kump&lt;/strong&gt; -- lawyers for Jamie McCourt -- tell TMZ, \"We are very pleased that the property agreement has been invalidated. We hope that it is possible to resolve this matter in a reasonable manner. The Dodgers are a valuable civic asset and Los Angeles fans deserve stability in the front&amp;#160; office and a winning team on the field.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&amp;amp;mediaKey=87d4b788-6ef2-42fd-98a6-ee67f7fabaf2\"&gt;&lt;img style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"120710_trope_video_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/12/07/120710-trope-video-tmz.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;: Frank's attorneys -- including Sorrell Trope -- just held a news conference to insist that Frank is still the sole owner of the Dodgers ... and that the judge's ruling about the post-marital agreement did NOT make Jamie a co-owner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/disappointed_dodgers#tab=most_recent\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1207_celebrity_dodgers_fans_photo_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/12/07/1207-celebrity-dodgers-fans-photo-footer.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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