Yahoo Lifestyle Here's An Update About Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt's Daughter Shiloh Filing To Change Her Last Name
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Apparently, Angelina Jolie can't speak about her daughter legally changing her last name despite her personal experience with the same scenario.
Angelina and Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh filed a request in court to drop Pitt from her hyphenated surname.
Angelina and Brad share six children — Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Shiloh, 18, Zahara, 19, Knox, 15, and Vivienne, 15.
According to legal documents obtained by People, Shiloh filed to drop her father's last name on May 27, her 18th birthday.
Two of Shiloh's siblings have also seemingly attempted to remove Pitt from their last name. Vivienne listed herself as "Vivienne Jolie" in the playbill for the Broadway show The Outsiders, which Angelina produced.
In November 2023, Zahara joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Spelman College and introduced herself as Zahara Marley Jolie.
However, Shiloh's attempts to change her name are more severe than those of her siblings. Since she took legal matters into her own hands, her mother couldn't speak on the matter.
According to a source obtained by ET, "Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself, so Angie doesn't know and can't speak for it."
In the paperwork, Shiloh wishes to go by "Shiloh Jolie." And while her mother can't speak on it, she might have insight into the entire process since she did it herself.
Angelina Jolie, born Angelina Jolie Voight, is the daughter of actors Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight.
For years, Angelina had an off-and-on estrangement with her famous father and finally petitioned the court to drop Voight from her surname legally.
In 2002, per Entertainment Weekly, the Associated Press reported that a Los Angeles judge granted then-27-year-old Angelina's petition to change her name legally.
Shiloh's name change comes amid the ongoing legal battles of her parents. In 2016, Angelina filed for divorce from Brad and requested sole physical custody of their six children.
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After years of battling over custody and their winery, Chateau Miraval, Angelina has alleged Brad was abusive to her and the children during a 2016 plane incident and prior.
And that's the latest. BuzzFeed has reached out to Angelina's reps for comment — we'll let you know if we hear back.
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