A legal expert has explained why Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, issued a legal notice in the Los Angeles Times to officially announce her intention to drop her father’s last name. Last week, the 18-year-old placed an ad in the L.A. newspaper, sharing that she filed a petition to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie. This public announcement caused some confusion, but it’s actually a common procedure to accelerate the process of a new name being approved. “Brad could come to court and say, for example, that Shiloh has been alienated against him by the mother. She is not the only one in the family to want to drop “Pitt” from her name.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 22, 2024 20:02 UTC