Angelina Jolie to divorce Brad Pitt, Details.

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Angelina Jolie to divorce Brad Pitt, Details.

It's been a week since Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, thus upending widespread romantic notions about Hollywood's most "golden" couple. 

For seven days it's been one startling revelation after another. So what happens next?

The 41-year-old star, who cited irreconcilable differences, decided to end their marriage amid claims that she was unhappy with the way Brad had been parenting their six children.

"This decision was made for the health of the family," Angelina's attorney Robert Offer said in a statement.

First up: Pitt has 30 days from the time Jolie filed her divorce petition (Sept. 19) to file his official response.  Also possible: A resolution of allegations now being investigated that he verbally and physically abused one of his kids.

His divorce response will be public record. The child-abuse investigation is not, and if the lawyers have their way, we may not find out for sure what happens on that issue — until it's leaked. Which, of course, is all too possible.

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What if the allegations are false or exaggerated?

"Then the DCFS closes the case and the parties can proceed to fighting over custody in family court," Hallin says.

Pitt could then move forward in the legal war. "If one of the parents is creating (claims of abuse), then that would play into custody decisions made at that point by the family court," says Riehl.

"False allegations of abuse is one of the biggest factors for losing custody, coupled with alienation,” says Chemtob, defining alienation as situations in which one parent is preventing the other parent from seeing their children or badmouthing the other parent.

But alienation "is very difficult to prove. It’s really a judgment call based on sometimes therapists' reports," adds Riehl.

Lets pray for their good because they are an ideal couple.