Random Fuzzy


At some point we will know exactly what happened on the plane and what has happened since.

Let's review again some quotes:

"We’re all just healing from the events that led to the filing . . . They’re not healing from divorce. They’re healing from some . . . from life, from things in life.”

"We will be stronger when we come out of this because that's what we're determined to do as a family."
“I am coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer."
"It’s just been the hardest time, and we’re just kind of coming up for air.  (The DeMille) is a big jump forward for us, and we’re all trying to do our best to heal our family."
"We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal.”

Jolie has “tried to bridge the gap between the kids and their dad,” the source tells PEOPLE. “She’s worked to achieve reinstatement for them. But it’s now between Brad, his kids, and the court. The court will determine things.”

- Nyby's statement: "the aim of Angelina's routine filing is to promote closure to the marriage in a way that clears a path toward the next stage of their lives and allows her and Brad to recommit as devoted co-parents to their children" -- is typically dense and doesn't really explain the filing.  She downplays it as "routine" and the statement itself is definitely not hostile and could even pass as a joint statement.

-  "clears a path toward the next stage of their lives and allows her and Brad to recommit as devoted co-parents to their children" - Is atypical for a couple divorcing.  More common is "to move on with their separate lives."  Nyby doesn't believe it either.


One of her new lawyers is James Mannis, and per his site: "Mr. Mannis and the firm of Hersh Mannis LLP has exceptional expertise in international matrimonial law matters involving cross border wealth protection of the international elite."  Samantha Bley DeJean who filed the request lists "complex financial tracings" in the top of their practice areas.  DeJean's firm also made a point of stressing that "Although we excel in the courtroom, our goal is to help achieve a resolution short of litigation."  The entry of Mannis and DeJean with this filing suggests they are specifically looking at the financial angle.  There was no mention of the prenup in the Request, just the "exchange of Preliminary Declaration of Disclosures" -- which ensures that they comply with the asset and income disclosure requirement.  TMZ originally broke the news of the "ironclad" prenup days after she filed the petition (and before they turned on her) that detailed their holdings and was the first to mention the hitherto unknown fact that they had bought an apartment in the Waldorf Astoria -- giving the report some credence.


 - ALL signs prior to this were that she had simply been forced to file and they were looking forward to healing their family and being "stronger and closer."  In addition to the quotes listed above, she promoted FTKMF to the Guilds last Fall as a film by "Angelina Jolie-Pitt" whereas months earlier the same banner read "Angelina Jolie."  Just earlier this year she spoke of the message they gave each other thru By the Sea which was that they would stick together and weather the storm no matter what. ALL signs point to this being just a major lovers quarrel.

- It was also a significant sign of trust for Angelina to have Richie protect her during the Awards season and a possessive gesture by Brad to have his well-known security chief prominently standing next to her.  More recently there was Angelina's bodyguard serving as his close-in security while filming OUATIH.  She further requested the Order that set up the Summer schedule and worked to "bridge the gap" between Brad and the kids and to "achieve reinstatement" for them -- all to help Brad.  All very recent.  She evidently understood and forgave his behavior that was "the events that led to the filing" and it is hard to imagine anything topping (or being worse) than that.  

- In one of the earliest signs that she didn't intend to see the divorce through, Angelina did not request that her name be changed back to Angelina Jolie from Angelina Jolie Pitt.  If she truly wants to be divorced now, she needs to change that portion of her petition via an amended petition.  If she doesn't, that would just add to the list of curious actions.

We should be having further clarification and perhaps a statement or joint statement.  Brad's Ad Astra may be unveiled during the Fall festival season and he will be the first to grant interviews.


- Fussy

Angelina Jolie alleges that her estranged husband, Brad Pitt, hasn't been paying "meaningful" child support while the actors battle it out in the court two years after filing for divorcehttps://t.co/hUoVK1qm1Z

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) August 7, 2018

"They had an informal agreement to pay different expenses for children and for the past year and a half, it hasn’t been honored," a source close to the situation told BuzzFeed News.
When Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, she did not ask for formal spousal or child support because they already had an informal agreement in place regarding their children's expenses, the source added.
"Jolie is not even asking for child support, just asking the court to oversee that that informal agreement they had in place is being honored," the source said. "She is absolutely committed to coparenting her children with Brad and wants to redefine their relationship with Brad."

Angelina Jolie Pitt says she wants to be divorced from Brad Pitt by the end of the year. https://t.co/Q0OhI7VkcG

— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) August 7, 2018

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie Pitt says she wants her divorce from Brad Pitt finalized before the end of the year.
The declarations came in a request for a case-management hearing filed Tuesday by Jolie Pitt’s attorneys in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The document says her attorneys will work with Pitt’s lawyers to ensure the actors are single again in 2018.
The court filing contends Pitt “has paid no meaningful child support” since the couple’s separation. It says he has failed to live up to their informal financial arrangements, and she’ll seek a court order to get retroactive payments from him.
Pitt’s attorney Lance Spiegel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Jolie Pitt filed for divorce nearly two years ago and currently has primary custody of their six children.

People

Brad Pitt has paid “easily millions” of dollars towards supporting his children, a source says, despite his ex Angelina Jolie’s new court filing claiming he has “paid no meaningful child support” since their split in September 2016.
A source with knowledge of the situation says Pitt has paid “far more than any informal agreement would stipulate and far more than any judge would have ordered paid if there had been such an order.”
The former couple has been handling child support through an informal agreement, but California has a two-year statute of limitations “on any oral agreement” that will likely expire soon for Jolie and Pitt.

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