Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne takes next step to dropping Pitt

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne has taken the next step towards dropping the surname Pitt.

Vivienne filed the initial petition to change her legal name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie in Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 21, less than two weeks after she and her twin brother Knox turned 18.

Now, PEOPLE reports that she has obtained proof of publication after publishing a legal notice in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on July 24, July 31, Aug. 7 and Aug. 14.

Court documents regarding Vivienne’s proof of publication state that any person who objects to the name change “must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard.”

That person must also appear in person at a court hearing, set for November 2, where Vivienne’s petition will be discussed further.

Vivienne listed the reason for the name change as “personal” in her court documents.

Her filing follows similar legal action taken by several of Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie’s other children.

Shiloh successfully petitioned a Los Angeles court in May 2024 to remove Pitt from her surname after turning 18.

Maddox also filed legal paperwork in May 2026 requesting that Pitt be removed from his surname, likewise citing personal reasons.

Before that filing, he had already been credited professionally as Maddox Jolie while working as an assistant director on the film Couture, which starred Angelina.

The report also states Zahara filed paperwork on 9 June seeking to legally change her name from Zahara Jolie-Pitt to Zahara Jolie.

Knox has not publicly filed for a legal name change, but Page Six previously reported he used the name Knox Jolie on his high school diploma after graduating from Fusion Academy in Los Angeles.

Vivienne had already stopped publicly using the Pitt surname in 2024, when she was credited as Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for the Broadway production of The Outsiders, which she helped Angelina produce.

Despite the reported distance between several of the children and Brad, it was reported previously that Pax continues to maintain relationships with members of his father’s extended family.