Overview
- Vivienne signed a name‑change declaration on July 12, her 18th birthday, and filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, July 20, 2026, asking to be legally known as Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.
- The filing lists the reason for the request as "personal" and the court has scheduled a hearing for November 2, 2026 to decide the petition.
- She is the fourth Jolie‑Pitt child to seek removal of the Pitt surname after Shiloh, Zahara and Maddox, with Shiloh’s change granted in August 2024 and Zahara’s and Maddox’s petitions set for September hearings.
- Several of the children had already used Jolie publicly, including Vivienne on a 2024 Playbill credit, and California law requires a public notice in a newspaper before a judge can finalize a name change.
- The move builds on the long, public family split that began with the couple’s 2016 separation and later legal disputes, and it formalizes an identity shift that could affect how the siblings are credited and identified in legal and professional settings.