Brad Pitt Challenges Ruling in Custody Battle Against Angelina Jolie
That led Jolie to try to discount the judge's ruling. In July, a California appeals court
to disqualify the judge. According to her legal team, Ouderkirk failed to "disclose multiple professional, business and financial relationships, ongoing during the course of the matter, with Pitt's counsel and their law firms."So, theactor is now responding in court, filing a petition with the California Supreme Court to review the case, which E! News obtained on Sept. 1.
"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 whole," it reads.
Pitt's team argues the judge was "improperly disqualified after providing a detailed, fact-based custodial decision," said his lawyer,The attorney said this type of "strategic" disqualification can "cause irreparable harm" to the children and families involved "by unnecessarily prolonging" the legal battle. "Allowing this kind of crafty litigation strategy will deprive parents of irreplaceable time with their children," Boutrous stated.
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