Angelina Jolie alleged in a court filing that Brad Pitt hasn't paid "meaningful" child support in the past two years and should pay retroactively.
It's not clear what amount would be "meaningful," what amount Pitt has paid already, or if the two settled on a child support payment agreement.
Jolie may be striking back after a previous court filing that forced her to allow their six children to spend more time with Pitt.
Angelina Jolie alleged in a court filing Tuesday that her estranged husband Brad Pitt hasn't paid "meaningful" child support since she filed for divorce in September of 2016, according to court documents obtained by NBC News.
"[Pitt] has a duty to pay child support. As of present, [Pitt] has paid no meaningful child support since separation," Samantha Bley DeJean, Jolie's attorney, wrote in a brief filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The filing asked the judge for a court order that would force Pitt to pay retroactive child support. But it's not clear what "meaningful" child support means to Pitt and Jolie, or how much Pitt has paid already.
"Given the informal arrangements around the payment of the children's expenses have not been regularly sustained by [Pitt] for over a year and a half, [Jolie] intends to file [a request for a court order] for the establishment of a retroactive child support order."
According to California law, the amount of child support a parent must pay is calculated by how much each parents earn or can potentially earn; the number of children concerned; the amount of time each parent has custody of the children; and several other financial calculations. Public court filings related to the Jolie-Pitt divorce don't disclose any such agreement, and it's not clear if one was struck privately.
Following initial news of the divorce in 2016, Pitt was accused of physically abusing one of his children, but was cleared of all charges by Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, and not charged by the FBI following its own investigation in November of that year.
Since then, the lengthy divorce process between Jolie and Pitt seemed to be going smoothly. But in June, a new wrinkle emerged when a new court order said Jolie needed to allow Pitt to spend more time with the couple's six children. The two agreed on a new visitation schedule for the summer.
Representatives for Jolie and Pitt didn't immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment.