Not long after Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt clashed (open in new tab) about a private judge in their protracted nearly four-year divorce, the case has reportedly hit another snag.

Ahead of a child custody trial set for October, "tensions have escalated between Brad and Angelina, and family therapy is no longer taking place," a source told Us Weekly (opens in new tab).

They share six children together, Maddox (18), Pax (16), Zahara (15), Shiloh (14), and twins Vivian and Knox (11). The same source told Us, "Brad wants 50/50 joint physical and legal custody of the children. Angelina has not agreed to those terms." According to the source, Jolie "will only agree to talk about an agreement if the children are not based in Los Angeles."

"The younger children go to school in Los Angeles, but Angelina has always been against that. They are very smart and eager to go directly to school (with COVID-19 being so prevalent)."

Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016, effectively ending (opens in new tab) her 12-year relationship and two-year marriage to Pitt. At the time, Jolie's attorney released this statement: "This decision was made for the health of our family. This decision was made for the health of our family.

Since then, Jolie has been more outspoken about the divorce, telling Vogue India in a recent interview that it was "the right decision."

"We separated for the health of our family. It was the right decision," she told the magazine. 'I am committed to their treatment. Some people take advantage of my silence, and my children see lies about them in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own hearts. In fact, they are six very brave and very strong young people."

Speaking to France's Le Figaro magazine (opens in new tab) last year, Jolie said the divorce was "complicated" but that she still saw "the possibility of joy."

"I think it was the end of my relationship with Brad and it was time to part ways. 'It was complicated, I didn't know who I was anymore, how to say it, I had become small, insignificant. I was deeply, deeply saddened and hurt. On the other hand, it was fun to exploit this sense of humility and insignificance. After all, that's what makes us human. On top of all this, I had health problems. All of these things inspire me and remind me how lucky I am to be alive. It's a lesson I pass on to my children. The idea of renewal, and the possibility of joy through it all. I had to rediscover joy.