Overview
- Maddox Jolie‑Pitt filed legal paperwork to drop the Pitt surname and become Maddox Chivan Jolie, a petition that sources say was submitted on Thursday and is not yet granted.
- He had already been credited professionally as Maddox Jolie in Angelina Jolie's recent film Couture, reflecting an informal change before the legal filing.
- Maddox joins siblings who have shed the Pitt name: Shiloh completed a legal change after turning 18 and Zahara and Vivienne have used Jolie publicly without clear records of formal filings.
- The move is reported against a long family rupture that began with the couple's 2016 split and a DCFS inquiry that found no substantiated abuse and continued through a divorce finalized in 2024.
- Because California name changes require court filings and public notice, the next steps are a court review and possible approval and the change could further shape public perceptions of the family's estrangement and ongoing legal disputes.