The daughter of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, has officially received approval for her requested name change. According to reports from TMZ, the now 18-year-old will be dropping the ‘Pitt’ from her name.
The request was granted smoothly, without any formal hearing, just three days after Shiloh celebrated her milestone birthday this past May.
Shiloh has successfully been approved for the name change.
Additionally, her sister Zahara has also dropped their father’s last name publicly.
This development follows a delay in a previous hearing at the end of July. Shiloh’s attorney, Peter Levine, remarked on the delay, stating it was due to the court being unable to complete a background check, a process he described as normal for such cases. The hearing was subsequently rescheduled for August 19.
In July, Shiloh made headlines when she took out an advertisement in the Los Angeles Times announcing her intention to remove her father’s surname. California law stipulates that a name change request must be published in an official newspaper for a month before a judge can make a decision.
According to PEOPLE, Shiloh’s choice to remove the last name associated with Brad Pitt was partly influenced by allegations of abuse towards her mother, Angelina Jolie.
Brad Pitt has reportedly become estranged from his children following his 2016 divorce from Angelina, which has yet to be finalized. After getting together in 2004 and marrying in 2014, the couple’s split has involved significant custody disputes and legal battles over their shared property, Chateau Miraval, as well as serious allegations against Brad.
In a largely redacted FBI report, Angelina accused Brad of physical and verbal abuse directed at her and their children. They have six children together: 22-year-old Maddox, 20-year-old Pax, 19-year-old Zahara, 18-year-old Shiloh, and 15-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. Reportedly, according to their custody agreement, Brad has “virtually no contact” with his adult children but retains visitation rights for the younger ones.
Shiloh is not alone in distancing herself from the ‘Pitt’ name; her sibling Vivienne also chose to use Jolie in professional settings, notably appearing as Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for the Broadway adaptation of The Outsiders, where she serves as a producer’s assistant. Furthermore, Zahara introduced herself as Zahara Marley Jolie during her recent induction ceremony into the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Spelman College.
