hiloh Jolie-Pitt is a Pitt no longer.
The teenager of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has been granted her name change request.
According to TMZ, the 18-year-old’s request for a name change has been approved and she will have the Pitt dropped from her full name which is Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
The outlet was told that petition was granted without any fuss or a formal hearing.
The request for the name change was filed three days after her milestone birthday. She turned 18 this past May.
Shiloh has been approved for a name change ( Image: Getty Images)
Zahara has also publicly dropped Brad’s last name ( Image: Corbis via Getty Images)
This news comes as the hearing was delayed at the end of July. Shiloh’s lawyer Peter Levine issued a statement about the delay explaining that the “the court was unable to complete the background check.”
Peter added how this delay was “normal” since everyone undergoes the background check process conducted by the court clerk. The new date for the rescheduled hearing was August 19.
In July, Shiloh reportedly took out an ad in the Los Angles Time to announce she was getting rid of her father’s last name. According to California law, in order for a judge to decide to grant a name change, the person has to have the forms published in newspaper for a month. The request has to legally show up in a official publication.
According to PEOPLE, Shiloh’s decision to remove the Babylon actor had something to do with his alleged abuse towards her mother.
Brad is reportedly mostly estranged from his children with Angelina since their 2016 divorce ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)Angelina and Brad first got together in 2004 and married in 2014. The Wanted star filed for divorce from Brad in 2016. The ongoing volatile divorce, which has yet to be finalized, has involved custody battles, a lengthy ongoing legal battle over the selling of shares of their French winery Chateau Miraval, and allegations of abuse.
In a heavily redacted FBI report, The Tomb Raider star accused the 60-year-old of physical and verbal abuse towards her and their children. The two share 22-year-old Maddox, 20-year-old Pax, 19-year-old Zahara, 18-year-old Shiloh and 15-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. Per PEOPLE, according to his and the 49-year-actress’ custody agreement, he has “virtually no contact” with his adult kids but has visitation rights for the younger ones.
Two of Shiloh’s siblings have also distanced themselves from Brad’s last name. Vivienne had Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for the Broadway musical adaptation of The Outsiders. She works as the producer assistant for the musical which her mother is a producer on.
In November, Zahara she introduced herself as Zahara Marley Jolie during their induction ceremony She joined Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Spelman College.
