Overview
- Maddox, who filed on Thursday, asked a Los Angeles court to legally change his name to Maddox Chivan Jolie and listed his reason as “personal.”
- The request is pending and has not yet been granted, meaning a judge must approve the change and the case will follow California procedures for name changes.
- Maddox had already used a shortened professional name, appearing as Maddox Jolie in the end credits of Angelina Jolie's film Couture, signaling the move preceded the legal filing.
- Several of his siblings have taken similar steps, with Shiloh previously completing a legal change and Zahara and Vivienne using Jolie professionally, which together reflect a broader distancing from the Pitt surname.
- The filings are reported against the long-running custody and tension between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt dating to a 2016 in‑flight incident and the couple's later divorce, and the next developments to watch are a court ruling and any public statements from the family.