Angelina Jolie is currently in the middle of a custody battle with ex Brad Pitt over access rights to five of her six children.
On Saturday, the 45-year-old actress was seen shopping with her 16-year-old daughter Zahara in Los Angeles while they were hitting a Nordstrom.
For the walk between mother and daughter, Jolie looked effortlessly elegant in a white linen dress and overcoat, while they enjoyed retail therapy.
Shopping trip: Angelina Jolie, 45, looks like a classic in a white dress and especially when she goes out with her daughter Zahara, 16, for a shopping trip in Los Angeles amid the custody battle with ex Brad Pitt
The actress Maleficent came out of the department store with an ankle-length dress and a pair of white high-heeled sandals.
She wore a classic coat and put a white Dior bag over her shoulder while carrying a bag full of clothes.
Jolie was masked for the ride and wore her drooping brown locks.
Zahara kept him casual in jeans and a black blouse with a pair of black Air Jordan on his feet while they spent quality one-on-one time together.
Quality time: Actress Maleficent spent some quality time with her daughter while they took a Nordstrom, both emerging with a bag full of things
The pair was seen walking towards a black SUV while a handsome bodyguard helped them with their shopping.
The departure comes amid a long battle for custody of Zahara, Pax, 16, Shiloh, 14, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 12, with Pitt and Jolie also trying to end the divorce after two years of marriage.
Angelina asked to absolve her marriage in 2016, saying in a June 2020 interview with Vogue India that it was for ‘the welfare of my family’, adding ‘it was the right decision’.
It was reported at the time that Pitt had entered into a violent screaming dispute driven by alcohol with Jolie, leading his eldest son Maddox, 19, to defend his mother.
Jolie was given temporary custody of all six children and Brad was given visitation rights by a court-appointed therapist.
Strongly protective: Jolie is currently at war with Pitt for the custody of five of her six children after receiving temporary full custody of them after Pitt’s divorce application – which has not yet been finalized – in 2016
In 2018, a court ruled in favor of Brad after he alleged that Angelina was preventing children from having a consistent relationship with him. He received temporary summer custody that allowed him to stay with the children without Jolie.
She then claimed that summer that he had not been paying ‘significant’ alimony for over a year, with Pitt responding that he had lent Angelina $ 8 million and given an additional $ 1.8 million to help with the bills.
The custody trial was due to begin in November 2018, but the two reached an agreement, with ET reporting that it was in the children’s best interests and eliminated the need for a trial.
Pitt received less than 50% of the children’s custody, despite wanting equal joint custody, which led him to continue fighting for what he thought was appropriate in another trial.
Ongoing battle: Pitt was not at all pleased with the granting of joint custody of the children, which led him to take Jolie to court in October in hopes of getting 50/50
The pair was considered ‘legally single’ in April 2020, but the status did not end the divorce or custody battle.
Brad continues to seek joint custody with a trial that was scheduled for October, while he compiled a list of more than 20 witnesses to strengthen his case.
The couple had already decided that Maddox was not a custody consideration and could decide when he wanted to see Brad, since he was no longer a minor.
Many details of the trial were kept confidential, although a decision was expected at his next trial, scheduled for December 21.
Pitt reportedly spent Christmas Eve with his three biological children, Knox, Shiloh and Vivienne.
Unresolved: the custody battle remains unsolved, although it has been reported that Pitt was able to spend the Christmas holiday with his three biological children Knox, Shiloh and Vivienne; pictured in 2015