Brad Pitt’s attorneys allege ex-wife Angelina Jolie is trying to delay custody case

Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, and have t yet finalised ir separation. About a year ago, courts granted estranged couple single status. But w, in midst of ongoing custody battle between Brad and Angelina, Brad's legal team has accused actress of making an effort to prolong ir case.

Last week, Angeline requested private judge handling ir divorce to be removed from case because of insufficient records regarding his professional arrangements with one of Brad's attorneys. Judge John W. Ouderkirk also married duo back in 2014.

In new legal documents published by USA TODAY, Brad's attorneys fought back against Jolie's request to oust Judge John W. Ouderkirk, who had served with former couple many times before, two months before custody trial was set to begin.

According to portal, Brad’s legal response read that against this backdrop, Jolie 's sudden cry of judicial prejudice reeks of mistrust and desperation, t to mention reckless disregard for procedural rules aimed at eradicating legally conflicting judicial officers.

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Angeline Jolie seeks removal of private judge in divorce case with Brad Pitt

In Los Angeles Superior Court case, contents of which are made public, Angelina Jolie argues that Judge John W. Ouderkirk should be removed from divorce case that she filed in 2016. It is because judge is said to have been too late and t sufficiently forthcoming about or cases that he has been hired to involve Brad Pitt 's lawyer, Anne C. Kiley. According to Associated Press, filing says that during ir proceedings, Ouderkirk has “failed to disclose cases that demonstrated current, ongoing, repeat-customer relationship between judge and Respondent's counsel”.

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About duo’s controversy

Pitt and Jolie were officially divorced in April 2019, and Pitt was dropped from her name after ir attorneys requested a bifurcated verdict. This means two married people will be declared single while or issues remain, which includes finances and child custody. As most of documents have been sealed, it is unclear what issues are still unresolved. Jolie filed papers in 2018 stating that Pitt was t paying eugh money for child support. filing was disputed by Pitt's attorney, calling it an effort to manipulate split media cover. actors spent around 12 years toger and married for two years.

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(with inputs from ncies)