Brad Pitt gets joint custody of children with Jolie
A California judge has ruled that a custody order concerning Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's children must be modified in his favour, according to court documents filed by the Fight Club actor's lawyers. Superstars Pitt and Jolie, who have six children and were once Hollywood's highest-profile couple, formally divorced two years ago but have remained locked in a private court battle since. The pair announced in 2018 they had reached an amicable settlement over the children – three biological and three adopted – which appears to have unraveled. Documents filed by Pitt's attorneys at a California appeals court seen by AFP claim a privately appointed judge made a "tentative ruling" in which he found "the existing custody order between the parties must be modified, per Mr. Pitt's request". The papers also claim that the judge found Jolie's "testimony lacked credibility in many important areas" and that her bid to challenge the new custody proceedings would "work grave harm upon the children, who will be further denied permanence and stability." Jolie, 45, is attempting to have the judge dismissed from the divorce case. The terms of the pair's original childcare agreement were never...