Zahara and Maddox, children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, have formally started the process to stop using the actor's surname. The two went to court in California and published advertisements in newspapers across the United States to communicate their request for a name change.
Angelina Jolie's children don't want to have Brad Pitt's last name
Zahara and Maddox, children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, have formally started the process to stop using the actor's surname. The two went to court in California and published advertisements in newspapers across the United States to...
According to the website Page Six, Zahara, 21, and Maddox, 24, reported to the Los Angeles Daily Journal weekly between June and July. Publication is a legal requirement in the state and serves to allow any challenges to be presented before the court decision.
- If there is no opposition, the judge may authorize the two to use only Jolie, their mother's surname, instead of Jolie-Pitt.
- The change was already being publicly adopted.
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According to the website Page Six, Zahara, 21, and Maddox, 24, reported to the Los Angeles Daily Journal weekly between June and July. Publication is a legal requirement in the state and serves to allow any challenges to be presented before the court decision.
The hearing is scheduled for September 28. If there is no opposition, the judge may authorize the two to use only Jolie, their mother's surname, instead of Jolie-Pitt.
The change was already being publicly adopted. In May 2026, during her graduation from Spelman College, Zahara was announced as Zahara Marley Jolie, without any reference to her father's surname.
Maddox also began performing professionally without Pitt. In the film “Vidas Interlaçadas”, directed by Angelina Jolie, he appeared in the credits using only his maternal surname. In the court request, he justified the change for “personal reasons”.
The decision reinforces the distance between Brad Pitt and some of his children. The actor's relationship with his family has been described as troubled for years, especially since his separation from Angelina Jolie.
The two actors are parents to six children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne. Over the past few years, other heirs of the former couple have also started to avoid using the surname Pitt in public appearances.
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