Overview
- A judge approved Maddox’s request to change his legal name from Maddox Chivan Jolie‑Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie in a hearing held on Monday, September 14, 2026.
- Court records show no objections were filed after Maddox’s notice ran four times in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, a required step under California name‑change law.
- Maddox did not attend in person and participated by videoconference with his attorney, allowing the judge to issue a routine order and make the change official.
- Media filings and credits indicate Maddox had already been using Jolie publicly earlier in 2026, and his sisters have pursued or scheduled similar legal steps.
- The move strengthens a visible distancing by several Jolie–Pitt children from their father following the parents’ 2016 separation and long-running disputes, and it could prompt more formal name actions by siblings in coming months.