Vivienne Jolie-Pitt is taking a legal step to make a name change official. The 18-year-old daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court to change her legal name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie, removing her father’s surname. Court documents list the reason for the requested change as “personal.” Vivienne had previously used the name Vivienne Jolie professionally while working alongside her mother on the Broadway production The Outsiders.
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According to Los Angeles County Superior Court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the 18-year-old — one of six children Pitt, 62, and Jolie, 51 share — now has proof of publication, confirming her intent to change her name.
Vivienne published a legal notice in the Los Angeles Daily Journal that she intends to change her name from “Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt” to “Vivienne Marcheline Jolie,” a required step in California law. Vivienne’s legal notice was published on July 24, July 31, Aug. 7 and Aug. 14, according to court documents.
The request has not yet been granted. Next steps include a court hearing, set for Nov. 2, to further discuss Vivienne’s petition. Court documents regarding Vivienne’s proof of publication noted 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 or persons must also appear in person at the court hearing.
Vivienne filed the initial petition requesting that her legal name be changed from “Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt” to “Vivienne Marcheline Jolie” in Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 21, per court documents obtained by PEOPLE at the time. Vivienne listed the reason for the name change as “personal” in those court documents.
