{"id":8631,"date":"2026-07-13T16:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/brad-pitts-kids-zahara-and-maddox-take-out-newspaper-ads-to-officially-drop-pitt-from-last-name\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:02:55","slug":"brad-pitts-kids-zahara-and-maddox-take-out-newspaper-ads-to-officially-drop-pitt-from-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/brad-pitts-kids-zahara-and-maddox-take-out-newspaper-ads-to-officially-drop-pitt-from-last-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt&#8217;s kids Zahara and Maddox take out newspaper ads to officially drop &#8216;Pitt&#8217; from last name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2Fmaddox-zahara-file-to-drop-last-name.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt\u2019s kids Zahara and Maddox took out newspaper ads as the next step in officially dropping their father\u2019s last name.<\/p>\n<p>The filing states that her notice ran in the paper on June 16, June 23, June 30 and July 7.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt\u2019s kids Zahara and Maddox (pictured as young children with their parents) took out newspaper ads as the next step in officially dropping their father\u2019s last name. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In court docs obtained by Page Six, Zahara published her petition to drop the actor\u2019s surname in the Los Angeles Daily Journal four times through June and July. <span class=\"credit\">Superior Court of California<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The newspaper ad also calls for anyone opposing the change to submit a written opposition before the final hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Zahara now has a scheduled Sept. 28 court hearing for a judge to rule on the motion. If no one objects, the judge can approve the request.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The 21-year-old (pictured last year) had also opted out of using her dad\u2019s last name when she graduated from college in May <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Maddox\u2019s petitions ran in the same publication around a similar time period as his sister. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Publicly publishing a petition in a newspaper is one of California\u2019s required hurdles for a legal name change.<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-hit-with-another-blow-as-third-child-files-to-legally-drop-famous-last-name\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maddox <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/parents\/another-of-brad-pitts-children-files-to-legally-drop-actors-last-name-report\/\">filed the same request<\/a> \u2014 changing his name from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox<br \/>Chivan Jolie \u2014 in May, listing the reasons as \u201cpersonal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Story developing\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/13\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitts-kids-zahara-and-maddox-take-out-newspaper-ads-to-officially-drop-pitt-from-last-name\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt\u2019s kids Zahara and Maddox took out newspaper ads as the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maddox-zahara-file-to-drop-last-name.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}