Vivienne Jolie-Pitt has completed a required legal step in her effort to drop her father’s surname, publishing a court-mandated notice in the Los Angeles Daily Journal that moves her closer to a November hearing where a judge will decide whether to formalize the change.
According to Los Angeles County Superior Court documents, the 18-year-old ran her notice once a week for four consecutive weeks between July 24 and August 14, satisfying a California requirement for anyone seeking a legal name change.
She filed her initial petition on July 21, just nine days after turning 18, asking to become Vivienne Marcheline Jolie instead of Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt. Court records list the reason for the request simply as personal. Her hearing is scheduled for Nov. 2, and anyone opposing the change must file a written objection at least two court days beforehand and appear in person.
Vivienne is the fourth of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s six children to pursue the legal change. Her older sister Shiloh became the first to succeed, winning approval in 2024 after her attorney described the decision as tied to painful events in her life.
Maddox filed his own petition in May and is due in court Sept. 14, while Zahara filed in June with a hearing set for Sept. 28. All three had already dropped the Pitt surname informally in professional settings well before filing, including Vivienne’s appearance as Vivienne Jolie in the 2024 Playbill for Broadway’s The Outsiders, where she worked as an assistant to her mother.
The pattern reflects the lingering fallout from one of Hollywood’s longest-running divorce battles. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016, two years into the marriage, following an alleged altercation aboard a private plane carrying the family from France to Los Angeles. Pitt was investigated over the incident but never charged.
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The couple were declared legally single in 2019, though disputes over custody, finances and a shared winery dragged on for years before they reached a settlement in December 2024, with terms that were never disclosed publicly. Neither parent has commented on their children’s decisions to drop the Pitt name, and representatives for both did not respond to requests for comment on Vivienne’s latest filing.
