Brad Pitt's lawyers say Angelina Jolie is trying to delay custody case by seeking judge's removal

to delay the adjudication of long-pending custody issues in this case." Ouderkirk, the legal filing argues, has followed "all standard ethical practices and rules" and has "repeatedly disclosed all information about which Jolie now feigns surprise." Pitt and Jolie were declared divorced, and "Pitt" was dropped from her name, in April 2019, after their lawyers asked for a bifurcated judgment, meaning that two married people can be declared single while other issues, including finances and child custody, remain.Because most of the documents have been sealed, it is not clear what issues remain unresolved, but Jolie filed papers in 2018 saying Pitt wasn’t paying sufficient child support, which his attorneys disputed, calling the filing an effort to manipulate media coverage of the split.Jolie, 45, and Pitt, 56, were a couple for 12 years and married for two when Jolie filed for divorce in 2016.