Brad Pitt is having trouble adopting Angie's kids
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt's flack announced on Friday that the star was planning to adopt Angelina Jolie's kids – and yet there has still been zero official confirmation that the two are even dating. Now it looks like Brad and Angie's very reluctance to publicly confirm their commitment is coming back to bite them in the incredibly toned, expensive denim-clad ass. "This is not the easiest way of doing things," says David Baum, president of the Academy Of California Adoption Lawyers. "Frequently what you do if
you are in a relationship with someone and you want to adopt their
children, you marry them and do a step-parent adoption. There are extra
requirements when you are not related by marriage to the children you
are adopting." The whole process will apparently require mountains of paperwork, thousands of dollars in fees, reference letters (we're asssuming Fight Club won't suffice), and a waiting period of three to six months.So, you're Brad Pitt. You can go through all of that, or you could just marry Angelina Jolie. What would you pick?
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12-07-2005 @ 5:41PM
Targ8ter said...
He'll go for the endless paperwork route. He will never, ever admit to the relationship. It would be too much of a blow to his pride to be publically attached to Jolie. I mean, right?
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12-07-2005 @ 5:41PM
louise said...
THAT IS GREAT THAT HE IS HAVING TROUBLE . THEY ARE GETTING WHAT THEY DESERVE. ANY OF YOU THAT THINK WHAT THEY DID TO JENNIFER IS ALRIGHT . YOU SHOULD PUT YOURSELF IN JENNIFERS SHOES . SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT IF HAPPENS TO YOU.
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12-07-2005 @ 5:58PM
Gr00vychick said...
Yeah, well you can't take someone who doesn't want to leave, right Angie?????? He wasn't happy, why drag it out. Oh poor poor Jennifer.......whatever. I respect their decision to keep their private life PRIVATE! He's not jumping on couches or shoving Angie in anyone's face. They have something that most in hollywood don't......class. They don't even hold hands in public. Love works in mysterious ways.
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12-07-2005 @ 6:29PM
The Jeremy said...
But I thought he wanted to have his own "biological" children and thus why the relationship was strained with Aniston.
Or maybe he just saw *Leuprechaun* finally.
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12-08-2005 @ 2:49PM
kady said...
Brad pitt struggling with paper work or expense RIGHT - how dumb are u - he will be fine he will have as much work as anyone adopting actually LESS it will be cheaper than Jens haircuts and less work than his divorce - congrats Brad on fallign in love with 2 adorable kids and giving them what money cant buy - a daddy!
Hope you are able to adopt more - by the way the next adoptions will be jsut as much work and work every bit of it!
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12-08-2005 @ 2:27AM
Carol said...
I think they will eventually get married. But I don't think it will last long. Angelina is too domineering and expects Brad to do her every wish. So I wonder how much of this adoption is Angelina's hook into Brad (she signed the paper's, not him) and how long that hook will last. If he had stayed with Jennifer, he probably would have his own biological child by now. Also all this PR with Angelina and the UN. There are lots of stars doing UN work and charity work who do not have to be constantly photographed helping the poor - and wearing native clothes at that. I give them a year together at most.
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12-08-2005 @ 3:26PM
Emily said...
I think that they will eventually get married, but it will not last at all. I can't stand either one of them for what they did to Jennifer. If he didn't want to be married anymore that is one thing.. you get a divorce!!! You don't nail one of your costars instead.
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12-08-2005 @ 6:39PM
Nannette said...
How silly some of these responses are!! Brad did leave Jennifer before he hooked up with Angelina, read Vanity Fair, Jennifer even believes he didn't sleep with her before the split. Had he cheated people would hate him, he left before it went sexual and people hate him...I love Brad and Angelina, they are so hot and their own babies are going to be beautiful and I can't want to see them...if they let us. All is fair in love and war....But in the end NONE of it is our business.
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12-11-2005 @ 2:16PM
debbie said...
i think brad made a big mistake getting involved with
angelina, it seems he always falls for his leading lady, it wont last long, she has already been married twice, and likes women, too.
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12-08-2005 @ 9:41PM
Carol said...
Reply to number 8#. The divorce wasn't final until October 2. That means that Brad cheated on Jennifer from the time they separated and he met Angelina. Cute couple or not, cheating is cheating. They may have beautiful babies, but so would he and Jennifer. Angelina is already a cheater and I would doubt she is going to change her ways just for Brad. She is just using him as a nanny and meal ticket for her kids. As I said before, I give it a year before one of them cheats - and my guess is it will be Ang.
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12-08-2005 @ 9:57PM
Evelyn Garza said...
Whatever comes first, that is what Brad's gonna go for. What do I mean? Angelina's either gonna say yes to his marriage proposal before the paperwork goes through to adopt the kids, or the paperwork will go through first and then maybe Angelina will then say yes to his marriage proposal. I get the impression that she probably made him prove his love for her and the kids by getting him to adopt her kids on paper...I'm sure that if this is the case, once the paperwork goes through, she'll say yes. OR even the fact that he just went through the process of attempting to adopt the kids on paperwork will definitely make her say yes sooner.---I forgive them for everything they put Jennifer through--I don't care what anybody says--THEY DID HAVE AN AFFAIR BEHIND JENNIFER'S BACK--THEY JUST COULDN'T HELP THEMSELVES--NONETHELESS, NOW THAT THEY'RE BOTH DOING GOOD THINGS FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN,ETC.--then this helps me to forgive them for everything they put Jennifer through------AHHHHHHMEN!
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12-09-2005 @ 11:18AM
Hopw said...
I think if Brad's willing to go through all of the adoption papers and wait as long as he needs to for Maddox and Zahara, it's safe to say the couple is going to make it. Kids are a clincher, if there's anything that would have kept Brad and Jen together, it's children. Although many marriages with children fail, Brad strikes me as the type that's very devoted to kids. Also, Angelina made it obvious in Vanity Fair that the next guy she gets seriously involved with will be THE GUY. She said that she didn't want anyone unless he wanted her kids, and we all know Brad wants that... I wondered if this was some kind of JERRY MAGUIRE relationship, where he loves the kids and is so-so with the mother. All the pics of them together are pretty distant and platonic, but I happened to catch the clip of their press conference in Tokyo. If you could open the dictionary to 'blatant flirting', there would be that clip. They seemed very much together... as for Jen, what happened to her was horrible, whether or not an affair was involved, but she's not just the victim. It looks like she's moving on... in the direction of Vince Vaughn.
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12-15-2005 @ 10:50AM
C. Hines said...
After listening to an array of responses, I concur with a few of the comments. Brad & Angelina have a right to their own private life. I do feel sorry for a marriage gone sour with Jennifer, however, I believe it actually started pre - Angie! If it wasn't Angie, it would have eventually been someone else! We the public like peering into the lives of our stars-- they seem to represent real live SOAPS for us. Now isn't that an idea? I am fond of all three (3) stars and their acting talents. I don't know the details is this case -- only what the MEDIA is telling me.
It is my wish that all three (3) find their path and purpose in life! I too think Angie and Brad will split -- unless she develops a special maturity and a level of parenting that transcends totting kids around. She needs to grow and show a measure of strong values and virtues that are so needed for any parent of today. What our kids need more than anything (adopted or not) are parents who will love them and serve as grounded role models. It's not about whether Angie & Brad can adopt/have their own kids-- it's about what those kids deserve. If we adults take on the job of parenting, DO IT RIGHT! Don't half step. Raising a family is about commitment, sacrifice and integrity --It's a unit! If Brad & Angie can bring spiritual values (not churchy) into the unit they may all flourish as a family.
P.S. : I think Angie should add a biological child to their mix. That would be a demonstration of love for Brad and unselfishness on her part. -- That is, if she can have them!
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12-09-2005 @ 1:17PM
Lori Hasso said...
I guess Jolie and Pitt are so desperate for attention
and publicity that they've had to keep this thing going forever, and shame on them if they have been
misleading the people that are responsible for making
sure they have jobs. Now, they've included her children in their game! How awful
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12-10-2005 @ 6:53PM
dixie said...
Do you people have nothing better to do in life but pick apart some one else's. Get your own life and leave them alone. They are grown adults and each side has their own story and each person contributes reasons in their marriage as to why they need to divorce. Theirs didnt work they tried and failed and moved on, Its not always one sided. Let those kids have him as the doting father he has become to them and mind your own business because Angie and Brad could give a rats ass what you think of them.
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12-09-2005 @ 9:13PM
Shari said...
It is always sad to see what seems to be a perfect relationship die. But no one knows what goes on behind closed doors..But, there seems to be a lot of good things going on too. Whether Brad and Jolie are serious or not, How many of us, when things go awry test the waters more than just once or twice till we get back on the beat.. I just hope good will come out of what seems to be a bad situation for all involved.
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12-10-2005 @ 5:27PM
lorena rothweiler said...
If Brad Pitt was my husband I would have done evething to keep my man. I would have giving him a child.
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12-12-2005 @ 2:27PM
diane kutepow said...
Its a shame that two beautiful people Jennifer and Brad had to go their separate ways. They seem to be a perfect couple,but no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. I feel bad for Jennifer and this Brad and Angelina thing I don't think will last long. It seems to me that she always marries her leading man and then eventually gets divorced and goes on to the next one and this I feel will happen again to Brad and he will deserve everything he gets. I think John Voight,Angies father is right that she needs to seek help. I think she is a wonderful actress but as a person she seems to be a strange one.This life these people lead is a dream world that one day falls apart for them and I think Brads day is coming. I wish Jennifer Aniston all the happiness she can have in her life and hope she will suceed in her endevers and hope she will fine the happiness she deserves. Each of them has their own story and unless you are in their shoes you trully don't know what it is,and the press is not always truthful.
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12-11-2005 @ 4:08PM
Carol said...
I go along with you all the way
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12-14-2005 @ 7:21AM
eden goral said...
I THINK Brad's the type that falls in love easily, he very much loves children and is desperate to start a family. Jolie, strange as she is, has something special in her that amazes Brad [her kids?, her charity work?]...BUT she's the type of person who doesn't ever want to settle with or be a housewife to someone...among other things. Let's face it, they're not compatible! oh well, we'll just have to wait and see~
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