Brad Pitt’s Daughter Vivienne Officially Drops His Last Name: Inside the Major Court Ruling Granting Her New Legal Identity

A Los Angeles judge has officially approved 18-year-old Vivienne’s legal petition to drop her father Brad Pitt’s surname, formally establishing her name as Vivienne Marcheline Jolie. The ruling permanently removes the famous hyphenate following an official Monday morning hearing at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.

Represented remotely by attorney Peter Kenneth Levine, the teenager successfully cleared the final legal hurdle just months after reaching adulthood. The move makes Vivienne the latest child of Pitt and Angelina Jolie to formally distance herself from her father’s moniker on public records.

Vivienne Jolie walking in a parking garage holding art supplies and keys.

Inside the Los Angeles Superior Court Hearing

Presiding over the matter, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Virginia Keeny signed off on the decree alongside a batch of standard name adjustments. In court filings originally submitted on July 20—merely eight days after her 18th birthday—Vivienne cited straightforward “personal” reasons for requesting the removal of “Pitt.”

“These are name change petitions, which are going to be granted. That means that I can read the information provided and sign a decree, and you’ll be able to get a copy of the decree in possibly one week in room 112 in the first floor of this building, the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.”

While the court decree finalizes the paperwork, the public transition has been underway for quite some time. In May 2024, Vivienne was notably listed strictly as “Vivienne Jolie” in the Playbill program for the Broadway musical The Outsiders, a project she helped produce alongside her mother.

Actor Brad Pitt and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt outside Barnes & Noble.

A Documented Pattern Across the Jolie-Pitt Household

Vivienne’s legal victory is not an isolated event inside the family dynamic. Instead, it marks the fourth child to legally abandon the Oscar winner’s surname amid prolonged parental friction.

Shiloh, now 20, set the initial legal precedent by filing a name change petition on her own 18th birthday in May 2024, with the court officially finalizing her request that August. Just months later, both Zahara, 21, and Maddox, 25, followed suit by officially securing court orders to drop “Pitt” and carry “Jolie” as their sole surname.

Vivienne and Knox Jolie walking together outside.

Vivienne Jolie-Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the opening night of “The Outsiders.”

Status of the Six Jolie-Pitt Siblings

A widespread misconception is that these surname adjustments are informal industry stage names. In reality, multiple siblings have systematically submitted formal state petitions to erase the lineage legally on government documentation.

Here is how the official legal records stand for the former couple’s children:

Angelina Jolie and her children attend a premiere event together.

Angelina Jolie and Zahara Marley Jolie attend the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards.

The Fall-Out of Hollywood’s Most Contentious Split

These legal name modifications arrive against the backdrop of an acrimonious split that altered Hollywood’s celebrity landscape. Jolie, 51, originally filed for divorce from Pitt, 62, in September 2016 following two years of marriage and more than a decade together.

Although a court bifurcated their marital status and declared them legally single in 2019, the divorce proceedings dragged on for eight bitter years. The former couple finally reached a comprehensive divorce settlement in December 2024.

US actress Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox arrive for the State Dinner at the White House.

Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt carrying a water jug and gym bag in Los Angeles.

Yet their courtroom appearances remain far from finished. Pitt and Jolie remain actively locked in high-stakes litigation regarding Château Miraval, their multi-million-dollar French winery and estate.

With Vivienne’s petition granted, the boundary lines within the family continue to be redrawn in black-and-white legal ink.

📱 As the younger generation of the family asserts their independence, legal steps are turning private family estrangement into permanent public records.

✨ From red carpets to legal dockets, the Jolie siblings are choosing a unified path as they reach adulthood.

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