Brad Pitt challenges ruling in custody battle with Angelina Jolie

As the backandforth continues in Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitts heated custody case lawyers of the Fury actor have requested a review after an appeals court effectively revoked his joint custody in JulyAccording to E News Pitt scored a win in May when he was tentatively granted joint custody of their five minor children The order however came from Judge John Ouderkirk who officiated the couples wedding seven years agoThis led Jolie to try to discount the judges ruling her team said the judge exhibited bias A California appeals court in July approved her request to disqualify the judgeOuderkirk failed to disclose multiple professional business and financial relationships ongoing during the course of the matter with Pitts counsel and their law firms according to Jolies legal teamAs a result Jolie retained fulltime custody of their kids while Pitt maintained only visitation rightsSo the Moneyball actor has now responded in court filing a petition with the California Supreme Court to review the case which E News obtained on September 1The petition read The Court of Appeal effectively upended the constitutionally authorized temporary judging system in California and generated widespread confusion uncertainty and instability for judges litigants and the California judicial system as a wholeRegarding the Oscar winners custody case the petition stated After more than four years of contentious litigation every day of which has harmed the children and their father an important and considered custody decision will be entirely undone as a result of an administrative error that is wholly unrelated to the merits of the custody dispute itselfPitts camp has accused Jolie of waiting three and a half years to seek disqualification of Judge Ouderkirk even though she was allegedly made aware of Judge Ouderkirks significant professional history with Pitts counsel from the very startPitts team has put forth the argument that the judge was improperly disqualified after providing a detailed factbased custodial decision said his lawyer Theodore J Boutrous Jr in a statement to E NewsThe attorney said this type of strategic disqualification can cause irreparable harm to the children and families involved by unnecessarily prolonging the legal battle Boutrous stated Allowing this kind of crafty litigation strategy will deprive parents of irreplaceable time with their childrenHowever Jolies lawyer praised the appeals court for disqualifying the judge and giving the Maleficent actress full custody In a statement to E News her lawyer Robert A Olson said The Court of Appeal unanimously refused to tolerate the ethical violations of the private judgeAlso Read Brad Pitt wins joint custody of kids with exwife Angelina JolieThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever