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Actor Brad Pitt has appealed to the Los Angeles Supreme Court the latest decision taken in the framework of the prolonged battle legal that she maintains with her ex-partner, also actress Angelina Jolie, on account of the custody of her children. The Hollywood star intends to annul the victory that the actress took a few months ago, by getting the private judge who acted as mediator in the process, John Ouderkirk , was removed from the case as a result of an alleged treatment of favor with the artist. This magistrate recognized Brad’s right to spend more time with his children and forced Angelina to be more flexible with her ex-husband’s visitation times.
However, this new arrangement did not survive too much to the passage of time, since the lawyers of Angelina Jolie appealed directly to a higher court so that Ouderkirk was immediately stripped of his duties . Now, and due to the new appeal filed by the actor’s lawyers, the case could be subjected to a new evaluation that could lead the ex-marriage to the starting box.
According to arguments presented by Brad Pitt before the Supreme Court of the State of California, the The decision to eliminate at a stroke the figure of the intermediary judge could constitute a dangerous precedent for future cases related to joint custody of minors: viability. The California judicial system is too saturated to add more pressure to its operation, ”reads an excerpt from the document issued by the plaintiff’s lawyers.
“This temporary judge (Ouderkirk) had been chosen and endorsed by both parties, and was inappropriately disqualified after making a thoughtful decision, based on the facts and supported at the judicial level by the testimony of witnesses and experts, “says the artist about the limited validity of his decision to grant it. more time with your children.
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