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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's 18-year-old daughter Vivienne has become the fourth of their children to drop their estranged father's last name.
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daughter → get → name
The Daily Mail has reviewed legal documents that show that the aspiring artist - who has an 18-year-old twin brother named Knox - was granted her petition to legally change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie by a Los Angeles judge on Monday.
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who → review → Monday
Vivienne followed in the footsteps of her three older siblings who have legally changed their surname including: 20-year-old sister Shiloh, 25-year-old brother Maddox, and 21-year-old sister Zahara.
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who → follow → Shiloh
The court hearing happened on Monday morning as Vivienne's attorney, Peter Kenneth Levine, appeared remotely for the proceedings via LACourtConnect.
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attorney → happen → LACourtConnect
The decree read in the document: 'After review of the case file, the Court rules as follows: There being no objections, the petition for change of name is granted.
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petition → read → name
The Decree is signed and filed.
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Decree → sign → ?
The Petitioner's name is changed from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie.'
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name → change → Jolie
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's 18-year-old daughter Vivienne has become the fourth of their children to drop their estranged father's last name
The Daily Mail has reviewed legal documents that show that the aspiring artist - who has an 18-year-old twin brother named Maddox - was granted her petition to legally change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie by a Los Angeles judge on Monday - Pitt pictured in June 2026
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Back in August it was revealed that Vivienne was moving ahead with her petition to legally drop the actor's surname as she took out a newspaper ad in The Los Angeles Daily Journal obtained by The Daily Mail.
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she → reveal → Mail
The ad is a standard step before the court will approve a name change.
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court → approve → change
Vivienne published notice of her petition once a week for four consecutive weeks from July 24 to August 14.
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Vivienne → publish → August
Anyone opposing the name change was asked to submit a written opposition before the final hearing on Monday, November 2.
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Anyone → oppose → Monday
A judge can then approve the request if there is no objection.
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judge → approve → request
In July, Jolie's reaction to Vivienne filing to drop her name was revealed.
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Vivienne → file → name
The reason behind the teenager's name change was listed as 'personal,' according to court documents obtained by the Daily Mail.
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reason → list → Mail
A source close to Jolie told People that she is looking for 'everyone to heal.'
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everyone → tell → People
The insider said: 'If people knew the whole truth, they would have more sympathy for the children and respect them.
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they → say → them
The fact they aren’t speaking ill or sharing things publicly only shows their decency.
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they → speak → decency
Vivienne followed in the footsteps of her three older siblings who have legally changed their surname including: 20-year-old sister Shiloh, 25-year-old brother Maddox, and 21-year-old sister Zahara.
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who → follow → Shiloh
Angie hasn’t been fighting and isn’t angry.
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Angie → fight → ?
She just wants everyone to heal.'
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everyone → want → ?
The petition is only the latest move in Vivienne's ongoing effort to distance herself from the Pitt name.
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petition → distance → name
Back in May 2024, she notably dropped her father's surname in the Playbill program for the Broadway production of The Outsiders, listing her name as Vivienne Jolie while serving as a producer alongside her mother.
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she → drop → mother
Born in 2008 alongside twin brother Knox, Vivienne is the youngest of the former couple's six children.
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Vivienne → bear → children
A source recently told the Daily Mail that Pitt views the rift with his children as 'deeply painful' and 'believes Angelina's role in how things unfolded is the ultimate betrayal.'
It comes days after the actor's daughter Zahara, 21, and son Maddox, 25, published notices revealing their intentions to drop Pitt from their last names.
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daughter → tell → names
The advertisements were both published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal throughout June and July.
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advertisements → publish → June
'Petitioner Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie,' one notice stated.
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notice → file → Jolie
'Petitioner Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie,' the other said.
Vivienne published notice of her petition in the The Los Angeles Daily Journal once a week for four consecutive weeks from July 24 to August 14 - pictured with Jolie in 2024
The reason behind the teen's name change is listed as 'personal,' according to court documents obtained by the Daily Mail.
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The notices both invite dissenting parties to appear at a scheduled hearing over the matter; Zahara's is scheduled for September 28 while Maddox's is on September 14.
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In the state of California, those seeking to legally change their name must publish an Order to Show Cause, a document requesting the name change, for four weeks in a row in a newspaper before their court date.
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Zahara's notice appeared a month after she filed a petition requesting that her new name be Zahara Marley Jolie.
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name → appear → petition
Maddox also filed to drop the actor's last name in late May.
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Zahara publicly dropped the last name three years ago when she joined a sorority at Spelman College.
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she → drop → College
She also went by Zahara Marley Jolie during her graduation ceremony, which her father reportedly skipped, according to TMZ.
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father → go → TMZ
'Nothing prevented him from showing up for her. Or ever visiting her.
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The day was about all she accomplished.
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she → accomplish → ?
Not whether he was willing to attend,' a source close to Jolie told the publication.
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source → attend → publication
However, multiple sources have exclusively spoken to the Daily Mail in defense of Pitt, insisting that he is not the absent father he has been portrayed as and that he wants a relationship with his six children.
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he → speak → children
Back in May 2024, Vivienne notably dropped her father's surname in the Playbill program for the Broadway production of The Outsiders while serving as a producer alongside her mother
The petition last month came after the actor's daughter Zahara, 21, and son Maddox, 24, published notices revealing their intention to drop their father's last name.
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daughter → drop → name
Pictured with Jolie in 2024
Jolie and Pitt's other daughter Shiloh, 20, legally dropped the actor's last name last year.
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Jolie → picture → name
…and 26 more, not listed.
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