Vivienne Jolie has filed a petition in the Los Angeles Superior Court to legally drop "Pitt" from her surname [1].
The move signals a further distancing between the actor Brad Pitt and his children following a prolonged and public legal battle with their mother, Angelina Jolie. By removing her father's name, Vivienne aligns herself with the legal choices made by her older siblings.
Court documents indicate that Vivienne filed the petition shortly after her 18th birthday on July 12, 2024 [2]. The filing, reported between July 13 and 14, 2024, requests that she be known simply as Jolie [3].
Vivienne is the youngest of the four Jolie-Pitt children [4]. She now joins three of her older siblings, Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh, who have previously taken the same step to remove "Pitt" from their legal names [4].
The petition was filed in Los Angeles, California [1]. This legal action follows a pattern of the children seeking independent identities as they reach the age of majority. While the specific motivations for the name change were not detailed in the court filing, the action mirrors the steps taken by the other three children [4].
Representatives for the family have not provided further comments on the filing. The Los Angeles Superior Court will now process the petition to determine if the name change will be granted.
“Vivienne Jolie has filed a petition in the Los Angeles Superior Court to legally drop "Pitt" from her surname.”
This legal filing completes a trend among the children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to formally sever their paternal surname ties. As the final child to reach adulthood, Vivienne's petition suggests a unified family stance regarding their relationship with their father, reflecting the deep and lasting fractures resulting from the parents' high-profile divorce and subsequent custody disputes.
