Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Reportedly Talking Again After Split

03/22/2017 03:01 pm EDT

Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in September 2016, and the pair have since been engaged in a tough custody battle over their six children involving plenty of heated battles and court papers. In January, the actors enlisted a private judge to organize their divorce privately, and proceedings are ongoing.

Now, a source tells Entertainment Tonight that the pair is "speaking directly" as media coverage of their divorce has decreased, although the split is "still in the process of being resolved."

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The source also said that Pitt is spending more time with the couple's children — Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 8.

"He's much happier," a source told PEOPLE. "He's very relieved that things are not playing out in public anymore."

"It was a rough time, but they were able to resolve it," the source added. "This is a work in progress."

The pair has also been making progress publicly, as Jolie called Pitt a "wonderful" father on Good Morning America last month.

The source says Pitt feels the same about Jolie.

"He's always been extremely positive about how Angie's a good mother, and the goal was to resolve everything for the kids and the whole family, and they're working toward that," the insider said.

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