{"id":467409,"date":"2026-06-08T21:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/467409\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:39:09","slug":"angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-son-maddox-set-to-explain-why-he-wants-dads-name-removed-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/467409\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt\u2019s Son Maddox Set to Explain Why He Want\u2019s Dad\u2019s Name Removed in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maddox Jolie-Pitt<\/a> filed to legally remove \u201cPitt\u201d from his last name in May, and now, Angelina Jolie<\/a> and Brad Pitt<\/a>\u2018s eldest child has a court date set to explain his reasoning.<\/p>\n

In court documents obtained by In Touch, Maddox, 24, will head back to court on September 14 to give his reasons for wanting to remove his father\u2019s last name.<\/p>\n

Angelina, 51, and Brad, 62, share a total of five children \u2013 Maddox, Pax, 22, Zahara<\/a>, 22, Shiloh,<\/a> 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17, and three of them have distanced themselves from their father with a legal name change.<\/p>\n

Shiloh was the first to file documents on her 18th birthday in May 2024. A source previously told In Touch that the Ocean\u2019s 11 star had no idea she was planning on making the change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBrad was blindsided by Shiloh dropping his last name, but he wasn\u2019t surprised,\u201d the source said at the time. \u201cHe feels that Angie has slowly but surely turned their kids against him. She absolutely influenced their decisions to distance themselves from their dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zahara followed in her younger sister\u2019s footsteps and began dropping \u201cPitt\u201d from her introductions after enrolling at Spelman College. She was introduced as Zahara Marley Jolie when she joined her sorority in 2024<\/a>, and when she graduated last month<\/a>, she was called the same as she walked across the stage to receive her diploma.<\/p>\n

As In Touch previously reported, Zahara, 21, filed paperwork on April 28 officially requesting to change her name<\/a> from Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Marley Jolie.<\/p>\n

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