LOS ANGELES — Jamie McCourt on Tuesday filed for divorce from Dodgers owner Frank McCourt in Los Angeles and asked a judge to reinstate her as the team’s chief executive.

Court documents obtained by The Associated Press cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. The McCourts have been married since 1979 and have four grown sons.
Frank McCourt fired his wife as the team’s chief executive last week when the Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Philadelphia Phillies.
Jamie McCourt’s filing states she is seeking reinstatement as the team’s CEO as well as access to perks including travel by private jet, stays at five-star resorts and use of the Dodgers owners’ suite. She wants $321,000 a month in spousal support if reinstated to her former position. If not, she believes she should be paid nearly $488,000 per month.
In a declaration, Jamie McCourt said she was fired Wednesday and she and her husband agreed they wouldn’t take action until after the Dodgers season was over.
“Frank has no right to purport to terminate me. We are co-owners of the Dodgers,” she said. “Not only has Frank publicly held us out as co-owners of the franchise, he has also admitted this fact in front of our estate planning counsel.”
There are estate records that list Frank McCourt as the team’s sole owner, said Bert Fields, Jamie McCourt’s attorney. However, the lawyer who drafted the documents alerted Jamie McCourt to the mistake in front of her husband who acknowledged the paperwork should have reflected the co-ownership of the Dodgers, Fields said.
“It was always supposed to 50-50,” Fields said. “New documents were drafted, but they were never signed.”
Fields said he believes testimony from the estate planning attorney will show the couple share team ownership.
“We’re confident we’re going to establish that the Dodgers are community property,” Fields said.
Frank McCourt’s lawyer, Marshall Grossman, said he couldn’t immediately comment about the divorce filing.