Shiloh Jolie initially petitioned to change her legal name in May
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh has reportedly been granted her name change.
The 18-year-old, who was born Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, first filed to drop ‘Pitt’ from her last name on her 18th birthday in May this year.
According to court orders obtained by People magazine, Shiloh has been granted her request and will now legally go by Shiloh Jolie.
The 18-year-old’s legal name is now Shiloh Jolie. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)
According to the California Court, if a person wishes to change their legal name in the state of California there are four steps they must follow. First is to file a petition in court. Second is to publish a four-week long notice in a newspaper. Third is to attend a hearing (if required), and the fourth and final step is to obtain a decree should the judge approve the request.
In July, Shiloh published an announcement in the Los Angeles Times saying that she had filed to change her name to ‘Shiloh Jolie.’ As per California law, a judge can approve a petition when the legal forms have been published in a newspaper’s legal notice section for one month.
Shiloh first filed the petition in May 2024. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
That same month however, her petition to change her name was reportedly postponed after an incomplete background check delayed the hearing.
“Unfortunately, the court was unable to complete the background check ahead of today’s hearing, so the hearing was rescheduled for August 19,” her lawyer Peter Levine said in a statement obtained by People at the time.
“Everyone undergoing a name-change request needs to have a background check conducted by the court clerk, and because of clerical error, Shiloh’s hearing has been continued to a new date,” he added about the 18-year-old’s completion of the third step of the process.
Pitt is reportedly ‘aware’ of the situation. (Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images for Turner)
Per a report published by People today (August 19), Shiloh’s request has now been cleared.
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016. The former couple share six children together: Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
In May it was reported that Vivienne also dropped ‘Pitt’ from her last name in a Playbill credit for Broadway musical The Outsiders, which her mother produced.
Shortly after Shiloh initially petitioned to change her legal name in May, an insider source close to Pitt confirmed that the actor was ‘aware’ of the change.
Shiloh completed California’s four-step process to achieve the name change. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)
“He’s aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name,” they said. “The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them.”
UNILAD reached out to representatives of Pitt for comment who clarified they have ‘no comment’ at this time.
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