4 of Brad Pitt’s six youngsters have now distanced themselves from his surname, and Maddox simply made his transfer probably the most official

Maddox Jolie-Pitt, the eldest son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has filed authorized paperwork to formally drop “Pitt” from his surname, opting to go by Maddox Chivan Jolie. As reported by TMZ, the submitting marks probably the most formal step any of the kids have taken thus far in distancing themselves from their father’s identify.

The transfer follows an earlier skilled sign. In February, Maddox was credited as “Maddox Jolie” within the credit for Angelina’s movie Couture, the place he served as an assistant director. The authorized petition takes that casual desire to a special stage completely.

He isn’t alone amongst his siblings. Shiloh legally modified her identify after submitting a petition on her 18th birthday in Could 2024, a choose granted the request in August of that 12 months. Zahara informally dropped the identify when she launched herself as Zahara Marley Jolie upon becoming a member of her sorority at Spelman Faculty, and Vivienne eliminated “Pitt” from the playbill for a Broadway manufacturing she labored on. That makes 4 of the six youngsters who’ve now taken some type of motion to take away their father’s surname.

The estrangement has been taking part in out because the 2016 cut up

Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, and the proceedings took eight years to completely resolve, concluding with a settlement in December 2024. Amid the extended authorized battle, reviews emerged that Brad didn’t attain out to Zahara for her faculty commencement from Spelman, a element that underlined how strained these relationships had grow to be. The divorce finalization drew widespread consideration on-line, with many noting the unusually lengthy timeline of the proceedings, much like what Daniel Radcliffe and his Harry Potter costars described after they known as watching main life chapters shut “surreal.”