Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt began their divorce journey in September 2016 and can not yet find a resolution.
The 45-year-old actress claimed in court documents received by Us Weekly that Judge John W. Ouderkirk – a private judge who was hired in 2017 to oversee her case – failed to establish ‘ongoing business and professional relationships’ with Pitt disclosure, 56.
Ouderkirk has another link to the former couple. He officially announced her August 2014 wedding in France.
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“All my client asks is a fair trial based on facts, with no special benefits extended to either side,” Jolie’s attorney, Samantha Bley DeJean, told the outlet. “The only way legal action can trust the process is for everyone involved to ensure transparency and impartiality.”
The submission said that during the Jolie-Pitt trial, Ouderkirk “failed to disclose the cases that demonstrate the current, ongoing, repeated client relationship between the judge and Respondent’s attorney.”
Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie filed in September 2016 for divorce.
(AP, file)
It goes on to say that Pitt’s lawyer “actively advocates for the financial interests of Judge Ouderkirk in moving – over the opposition party’s opposition – to extend his appointment (and his ability to remain remunerated) in a high-profile case. the profile. “
Meanwhile, Pitt’s team responded by saying Jolie was aware and “never objected” to Ouderkirk’s “ongoing involvement” until now.
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In the documents, the legal team accused Pitt Jolie of creating a “transparent tactical gambit” to delay proceedings and said it would ultimately hurt her children the most.
“Unfortunately, the individuals most harmed by Jolie’s transparent tactical gambit are the parties’ own children, who continue to escape a definitive resolution to these conservation issues,” it reads.
Angelina Jolie with Children (LR) Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt.
(Monica Schipper / Getty Images for Netflix)
Pitt and Jolie, like other high-profile couples, pay for a private judge in their divorce case to keep many of their applications and personal and financial details sealed within them, although some legal moves must be made within standard court proceedings.
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The parents share six children together: Maddox, 19; Pax, 16; Zahara, 15; Silo, 14; Knox, 12; and Vivienne, 12, and called it quits after roughly 10 years together and two years of marriage.
