Overview
- Sunday’s 18th birthdays for twins Knox and Vivienne mean all six Jolie‑Pitt children are now legal adults and the formal custody regime that governed their parents has concluded.
- The end of court custody removes a residency requirement that had tied Angelina Jolie to Los Angeles and clears the way for her to travel and live outside California without court restrictions.
- Most of the siblings have publicly or legally dropped the surname Pitt and use Jolie, with Pax reported as the lone child who continues to retain the Pitt name.
- The family’s long estrangement traces back to a 2016 incident on a private flight that prompted FBI questioning and shaped the children’s decisions and loyalties in the years since.
- Even with custody behind them, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie remain embroiled in litigation over their shared French estate and winery, Château Miraval, which stands as the primary unresolved legal and legacy issue.