The custody battle between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt continues, but some legal experts believe that the actress may be “fighting a losing battle.”
At the remote court of appeal hearing on Friday, Robert Olson, the lawyer for the Maleficent star, argued that Judge John W. Odkirk was removed from the custody case, claiming that he was unfair and that he Is dealing with legal affairs involving Pete’s lawyers, Entertainment tonight Report.
“Before Ms. Julie asked, only the judge, ARC and the opposing lawyer knew what happened… She was shocked by what happened,” Olsen said. “Ms. Julie doesn’t know what happened between Pete’s lawyer and the judge.”
However, Pete’s lawyers countered that the move was a “delay tactic.”
Pete’s lawyer Theodore Boutrous added: “In a child custody case that has lasted for a long time, the children are getting bigger and bigger. It is very unfair to allow such a delaying strategy. Yes.” Ms. Julie and her lawyer knew the relationship and the reason. “
Family lawyer Kelly Chang Rickert watched the remote hearing, which seemed to have nothing to do with the former couple’s case. She shared her views on the custody battle between her ex and ET. She hinted that the actress might be “fighting a losing battle.”
“If Ouderkirk is on Angelina’s side and grants her sole custody, she will never appeal; she will not challenge his decision because of prejudice,” she told the media. “The only reason she challenged it was because she lost. I mean, she is struggling, she is getting here.”
Richter also said that in “painful custody cases” like Pete and Julie, it is not uncommon for the two parties to quarrel until their children grow up.
“Because when the children grow up, they are not under the jurisdiction of the court. Now they are fighting because the court can still rule on the children. Once they are 18, they are on their own. They’re adults,” She explained.
Julie’s original request to remove Ouderkirk from their custody case was denied in November 2020. In May, Pete obtained joint custody of five of their six children (Pax, 17 years old, Zahara, 16 years old, Shiloh, 14 years old and 12 years old) through temporary custody orders. Kess. Their oldest child, 19-year-old Maddox, is not bound by this decision because he is a legal adult.
Julie had previously requested that Ouderkirk be removed because he allegedly failed to disclose his other business to Pete’s lawyers.
However, Pete’s camp adhere to Last year, the judge “has sufficient records with the lawyers on both sides of the litigation, including but not limited to being hand-selected by Julie to preside over the wedding of the couple in 2014, and acting as a neutral lawyer for both parties in this case in matters involving the following aspects .”
ET pointed out that Ouderkirk is still the judge in their guardianship case because the decision to remove him has not yet been made.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA-FEBRUARY 26: Actors Brad Pitt (L) and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 84th Oscars on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
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