Inside Angelina Jolie’s Daughter Vivienne’s Bold Legal Move That Could Shake Up Brad Pitt’s World Forever
So, it seems the Jolie-Pitt saga just added a new twist—Vivienne, the youngest firecracker in the brood, has put in a quiet but clear legal request to ditch “Pitt” from her name. Just days after turning 18, she’s making headlines—and maybe even raising some eyebrows—by formally stepping away from her dad’s famous surname. After a hefty decade-long legal tango between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt that still hasn’t quite wrapped up, it looks like the family drama is far from over. I mean, when your last name turns into a hot-button issue, you gotta wonder—what’s in a name, really? And at what point does dropping a last name turn into canceling a subscription we never asked for? Dive into the layers of this family affair, because Vivienne’s choice could be the latest chapter in a saga that’s part soap opera, part real-life courtroom drama. LEARN MORE.
Yet another of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s children has legally moved to distance herself from the Oscar-winning actor’s surname.
18-year-old Vivienne Jolie-Pitt has filed a legal petition to have “Pitt” removed from her last name.
The filing comes nearly two years after Jolie and Pitt finalized their nearly decade-long bitter divorce, while the former couple continues to battle over their French winery, Château Miraval.
One netizen wrote, “This man truly f**ked up and lost the only thing that matters. It’s a shame when fathers can’t do their job right.”
Just days after turning 18, Vivienne officially asked Los Angeles County Superior Court to remove “Pitt” from her last name
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According to court documents first obtained by People magazine, Vivienne quietly filed a petition in the Los Angeles County Superior Court to officially change her legal name and remove her father’s surname.
The filing was submitted on Tuesday, July 21, only days after Vivienne celebrated her 18th birthday on July 12.
In the court documents, the 18-year-old listed the reason for the request simply as “personal.”
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While she offered no further explanation, the filing comes after years of speculation surrounding the fractured relationship between Brad and several of his children following his highly publicized split from Angelina.
If approved, Vivienne will legally become Vivienne Marcheline Jolie, matching the professional name she has used in recent years.
Reportedly, a formal hearing has been scheduled for November 2 this year, when a judge will determine whether the request should be granted.
Vivienne had already begun distancing herself from the “Pitt” surname long before submitting the legal paperwork.
Vivienne is the latest of the Jolie-Pitt siblings, including Shiloh, Maddox, and Zahara, to legally drop their father’s surname
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In May 2024, she was credited as “Vivienne Jolie” in the Playbill for the Broadway production of The Outsiders, where she worked alongside her mother as a production assistant.
At the time, many fans noticed that the “Pitt” surname was absent from the official credits, fueling speculation that the teenager had already chosen how she wanted to be identified professionally.
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However, because she was still under 18, Vivienne could not legally remove her father’s surname without parental consent at the time.
Her latest move has also prompted comparisons to Angelina herself, who famously went through a similar process decades earlier.
In 2002, the Salt star legally dropped “Voight” from her own name, changing it from Angelina Jolie Voight to Angelina Jolie after years of estrangement from her father, actor Jon Voight.
Many observers have pointed to the striking similarities between mother and daughter, noting that both women chose to legally separate themselves from their famous fathers’ surnames following deeply strained relationships.
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The situation has reignited Angelina Jolie’s own decision to drop her famous father Jon Voight’s surname after their estrangement
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The filing has also arrived against the backdrop of Angelina and Brad’s long-running legal battle, which officially ended their marriage in December 2024, but failed to end the conflict surrounding their family.
Jolie first filed for divorce on September 19, 2016, just days after the now-infamous private plane incident involving the entire family.
According to online allegations, Pitt became verbally and physically a**sive toward Angelina and some of the children during a flight from France to Los Angeles.
While the FBI and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services investigated the incident, the actor was ultimately not charged with any crime.
This is horrendous. People need to stop blaming her. pic.twitter.com/TRrXYzFUVe
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