Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, is set to formally change his surname.
on editors tmz The report states that the 24-year-old has filed paperwork to legally remove “Pitt” from her name and according to the outlet, Maddox wants to be known as “Maddox Chivan Jolie” going forward.
It is unclear how long it will take for a decision on the request to be reached.
Angelina adopted Maddox from an orphanage in Cambodia in March 2002 when he was seven months old and three years later she also adopted 21-year-old daughter Zahra from Ethiopia.
But when Angelina and Brad started a relationship,… f1 The actor announced his intention to adopt two of his children and filed paperwork to change their surnames to “Jolie-Pitt”, which was granted in early 2006.
The former couple adopted 22-year-old son Pax Thien in 2007 and are also the parents of three biological children: 20-year-old Shiloh and 17-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne.
However, Angelina and Brad separated in 2016 after two years of marriage harmful The star cited “irreconcilable differences” in the divorce filing.
They were each declared legally single in 2019, but remain embroiled in a bitter legal battle related to shared properties and business interests, including a winery in France.
It’s also worth mentioning that Maddox isn’t the only child in the family who wants to distance himself from his father.
In 2023, Zahara called herself “Zahra Marley Jolie” at a sorority induction ceremony at Spelman College in Atlanta, while the following year, Shiloh initiated legal proceedings to change her name from “Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt” to “Shiloh Nouvel Jolie”.
