Overview
- A judge in Los Angeles approved Maddox’s request to remove “Pitt” from his surname during a court hearing on Monday, making him legally Maddox Chivan Jolie.
- The change followed a standard California process that included multiple public notices in the Los Angeles Daily Journal and passed with no filed objections.
- Maddox did not appear in person at the hearing and took part by Zoom, and the court said official paperwork will be available about a week after the ruling.
- This decision is part of a growing pattern among Jolie‑Pitt children: Shiloh has already dropped Pitt and Zahara and Vivienne have active, pending name-change filings.
- Beyond the legal formality, the move is widely read as a symbolic step in ongoing family estrangement that could shape the children’s public identities and future legal documents.