Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, the eldest son of Hollywood icons Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has taken a definitive step to distance himself from his father by filing an official legal petition to remove Pitt from his surname. The twenty-four-year-old filmmaker has submitted formal paperwork to the court requesting a legal name change, intending to go by the moniker Maddox Chivan Jolie moving forward. This significant legal move comes after years of a highly publicized, complex, and emotionally strained relationship between Brad Pitt and his children following the Hollywood couple’s sudden separation. The relationship originally fractured during a heavily reported 2016 private jet incident involving Brad Pitt and Maddox, which immediately prompted Angelina Jolie to file for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, signaling the end of their high-profile marriage.
The decision to legally drop the surname follows Maddox’s recent choice to use his altered name in a professional capacity within the entertainment industry. He actively served as an assistant director alongside his mother on her recent cinematic drama film, Couture, which made its grand debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. When the project rolled its final credits and production notes were officially distributed to international journalists, the young filmmaker chose to be credited simply as Maddox Jolie rather than utilizing his legal hyphenated surname. This marked a noticeable shift from his previous film collaboration in late 2024, where he worked as a production assistant on the biographical film Maria and chose to retain the name Maddox Jolie-Pitt, indicating that his desire to formally change his identity has solidified over the past several months.
Maddox is far from the only child within the Jolie-Pitt household who has taken active measures to separate themselves from the Oscar-winning actor’s legacy. His younger sister, Shiloh Nouvel, famously initiated legal proceedings to formally change her name to Shiloh Jolie immediately upon turning eighteen, taking out a mandatory newspaper advertisement in the Los Angeles Times to finalize the request. Similarly, their sister Zahara Marley choice to omit her father’s last name during her graduation ceremony at Spelman College, walking across the stage to a loud announcement naming her as Zahara Marley Jolie despite the commencement program retaining the full hyphenated version. Their younger sister, Vivienne, also chose to drop the Pitt name from her public billing in the official Playbill program for the hit Broadway musical The Outsiders, which she helped produce alongside her mother.
While representatives for Brad Pitt have declined to offer an official public comment regarding Maddox’s recent court petition, sources close to the actor have previously expressed that the ongoing estrangement from his children continues to be incredibly difficult and painful for him. The actor has reportedly made consistent efforts to rebuild his fractured family relationships behind closed doors under highly stressful circumstances, though those close to Angelina Jolie maintain that the divide is a direct consequence of his past actions. As the legal system processes Maddox’s formal name change application, the growing solidarity among the siblings in adopting the Jolie surname highlights a profound and lasting transformation within one of Hollywood’s most famous families, even as the former couple continues to remain locked in bitter court battles over their shared business interests and properties.
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