00:00Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's eldest son, Maddox, is making a major personal decision.
00:06The 24-year-old has filed to legally drop Pitt from his surname.
00:11Born Maddox Chavon Jolie-Pitt, he has requested that his full legal name become simply Maddox Chavon Jolie.
00:18Court documents cite personal reasons for the move.
00:21A hearing for the name change is scheduled for September 14.
00:24This isn't entirely new.
00:26Maddox was already credited as Maddox Jolie while working as an assistant director on his mother's film Couture.
00:31His sister Shiloh legally changed her name to Shiloh Jolie in 2024, and Zahara and Vivian have also dropped Pitt
00:38publicly.
00:39Maddox, adopted from Cambodia in 2002, was formally adopted by Brad Pitt in 2006, which is when the hyphenated Jolie
00:46Pitt surname was granted.
00:47With this decision, he follows in his mother's footsteps.
00:50She dropped her father's surname early in her career, too.
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