Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt’s Custody Dispute Continues as Court Issues Her a Stern Warning
Former Hollywood couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s custody battle over their six children continues more than 20 months after filing for divorce. In latest reports, Brad Pitt scored a major victory with respect to temporary custody of his kids with Jolie — and the court issued the actress a stern warning.
The Blast gathered that the Hollywood actress and UN Ambassador is at risk of losing primary physical custody of her kids if she doesn’t take steps to improve their relationship with their father.
According to the reports, a judge ordered that five of the former couple’s six children — Pax, 14, Zahara, 13, Shiloh, 12, and 9-year old twins Vivienne and Knox — spend significant time with Pitt over the summer.
In addition, the court determined that Maddox, 16, was old enough to decide how he wants to split his time between his parents.
However, the judge sent a strong word of caution to Jolie, saying “not having a relationship with their father is harmful” to all of the children, and adding “it is critical that each of them have a healthy and strong relationship with their father and mother.”
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The judge also ordered Jolie to provide Pitt with each child’s cell phone number and that he is allowed to call whenever he wants without Jolie monitoring. Jolie is also barred from reading the children’s text messages with her ex-husband. She is also forbidden from giving out a number to a phone that she secretly monitors.
The court also laid out a summer schedule for each of the children except Maddox, the documents read.
Pitt will have custody from June 8 to June 17 for four hours per day while he stays in London, where Jolie is renting a house. Pitt has to designate one or two of the minor children to spend time with at a time.
The “Ocean’s 13” star also has to spend time with each child at least twice during this 10-day period. Jolie is barred from being present during or interfering with Pitt’s custodial time, the documents said.
Pitt will also have custody of his kids from July 8 through July 14, when a doctor will be required to be present and will meet with the kids before and after each two-day period. Pitt was once accused of child abuse but was ultimately cleared.
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From July 21 through July 29, Pitt will resume custody of the kids when he’s back in California.
“If the minor children remain closed down to their father and depending on the circumstances surrounding this condition, it may result in a reduction of the time they spend with [Jolie] and may result in the Court ordering primary physical custody to [Pitt],” the documents read.
“This misleading leak is not in the best interests of the children,” a spokesperson for Angelina Jolie said in a statement.
“From the start, Angelina has been focused only on their health and needs, which is why it was so important that this last court hearing be conducted privately.
It’s deplorable that someone, for their own selfish reasons, leaked selective portions of the confidential and sealed court record to create an inaccurate and unfair picture of what is really happening.”
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It’s been almost two years since Pitt and Jolie shocked the world with their separation after a decade together. Their divorce settlement has yet to be finalized in what was a nasty behind-the-scenes split at first.
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