Exes Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are working toward settling custody of their six children.
According to People, the pair asked to extend the current temporary judge on their case — Judge John Ouderkirk — until June 30, 2019.
While the documents say a “trial on the bifurcated issue of custody is to begin on December 4,” multiple sources have revealed that both sides are working toward an out-of-court settlement to arrange custody of their children without going to trial.
The actors have six children together: Zahara, 13, Shiloh, 12, 10-year-olds Vivienne and Knox, Maddox, 16, and Pax, 14.
In June, as the former couple attempted to navigate temporary arrangements, the court had to get involved in their parenting. The judge outlined specific steps Jolie had to take to aid Pitt’s access to and relationship with the children, including a detailed summer visitation schedule, and easy phone access between Pitt and each of the kids, without monitoring or interference from their mom.
The couple has also fought over child support in the past, with the actress alleging back in August that Pitt had made no “meaningful” contributions since their 2016 separation.
“Given the informal arrangements around the payment of the children’s expenses have not been regularly sustained by [Pitt] for over a year and a half, [Jolie] intends to file an RFO [request for a court order] for the establishment of a retroactive child support order,” court documents had said at the time.
After first separating from her husband on September 15, 2016, the Oscar winner filed for divorce from on September 19, citing irreconcilable differences. An alleged incident of abuse on a plane involving Pitt and eldest son Maddox Jolie-Pitt is said to have contributed to Jolie’s decision.
