Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Children Take ‘Next Step’ to Legally Drop Pitt Surname
- On July 7, Zahara Jolie-Pitt completed the mandatory four-week public notice in the Los Angeles Daily Journal regarding her petition to legally remove "Pitt" from her surname.
- The 21-year-old filed her request in the Los Angeles Superior Court on April 28, following the 2024 divorce settlement between her parents, actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt.
- At her May 17 Spelman College commencement, the announcer introduced her as "Zahara Marley Jolie," a name she has used informally since beginning the legal process.
- Provided no members of the public submit written opposition, a judge may officially approve the request at a hearing scheduled for September 28.
- Zahara joins siblings Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, who have also taken legal or professional steps to remove "Pitt" from their names.
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[OSEN=Reporter Kang Seo-jeong] Hollywood actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's children, Zahara and Maddox, are continuing the legal process to remove their father's surname, 'Pitt'. According to court documents obtained by the American entertainment media outlet Page Six on the 13th (local time), Zahara (21) is changing her surname from 'Zahara Jolie-Pitt' to 'Zahara Jolie (Zahara Jol
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Zahara Jolie and Maddox Jolie have taken the next formal step towards legally removing Brad Pitt's surname. Court records show both siblings have completed California's required newspaper publication process before their name-change hearings, with the children of actors Angelina Jolie, 51, and Brad...
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