Angelina Jolie wants divorce finalized by end of 2018

Angelina Jolie on Tuesday

sought to move forward with her long and sometimes bitter

divorce from Brad Pitt, which has yet to be finalized after

almost two years.

Jolie's attorney filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court

saying the actress wanted a judgment "returning the parties to

single status during calendar year 2018."

The document also said that Pitt has "paid no meaningful

child support since separation" and said that although informal

arrangements had been made with him, payments "had not been

regularly sustained."

Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016, ending two years

or marriage and a 10-year romance that had made the pair one of

Hollywood's most glamorous and powerful couples. They have six

children for whom she is seeking primary custody.

Mindy Nyby, a spokeswoman for the actress, said on Tuesday

that the court filing was intended "to provide closure to the

marriage in a way that clears a path towards the next stage of

their lives and allows her and Brad to recommit as devoted

co-parents to their children."

Pitt's representatives declined to comment. A source

familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to speak

publicly, said that "Brad is someone who fulfills his

commitments."

The divorce filing, citing irreconcilable differences,

triggered a bitter custody dispute during which Pitt was

investigated and cleared of child abuse. Final custody

arrangements have yet to be agreed.

The "Moneyball" actor said in an interview last year that

he had quit drinking, was undergoing therapy and that he and

Jolie had decided to abandon "vitriolic hatred" and work

together to sort out their issues.

Pitt has kept a low profile in the past two years, while

Jolie has recently been filming a sequel to fairytale drama

" Maleficent" in London and directed a 2017 film about the 1970s

Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in which more than one million

people died. Their eldest son Maddox was adopted from Cambodia

in 2002. 

Reuters