Angelina Jolie has effectively completed her separation from Brad Pitt now that their youngest children, twins Knox and Vivienne, have turned 18, according to a family law expert cited by Fox News. With all six of the couple's children now adults, the last formal legal connections between Jolie and Pitt stemming from their divorce have been severed, marking the symbolic end of a bitter split that began roughly a decade ago.

The former couple, who share six children in total, separated in 2016 after two years of marriage, triggering a lengthy and acrimonious legal battle over custody, finances and a shared French vineyard. An expert quoted in the piece described the current situation as a "complete cutting of ties," noting that the children's reaching adulthood removes the custodial obligations that had kept Jolie and Pitt legally tied to one another. Jolie's father, actor Jon Voight, has previously said he hopes Pitt and his daughter can "end this nonsense" between them.