Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s daughter Shiloh’s attorney has made a new statement about her ‘significant decision’ to drop her father’s last name.
The 18-year-old — who is one of the former couple’s six kids — filed for the name change on her birthday this year, May 27. It was publicly announced with a legal notice in the Los Angeles Times.
Regarding the public name change, in a statement on behalf of the teen, Shiloh’s lawyer, Peter Levine, shared that she ‘made an independent and significant decision following painful events,’ adding that she was ‘merely following legal process’ when publishing the information.
‘Shiloh Jolie did not take out an “ad” announcing any name change, and any press reporting that is inaccurate,’ Levine clarified, per People.
‘As Shiloh’s attorney, I am required to publish a legal notice because the law in California requires that of anyone who wants to change their name. That legal notice was published in the Los Angeles Times, as is required.’
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh’s, 18, attorney has made a new statement about her ‘significant decision’ to drop her father’s last name; Shiloh pictured in 2021
Shiloh filed for the name change on her birthday this year, May 27. It was publicly announced with a legal notice in the Los Angeles Times; Brad pictured July 19 in Budapest
In addition to Shiloh, the exes share sons Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, daughter Zahara, 19, and fraternal twins Vivienne and Knox, 16.
Zahara and Vivienne have also dropped Pitt from their monikers, though it’s unclear if Vivienne has made the change legally.
Pitt has ‘virtually no contact’ with his older children according to a recent report.
One month after Shiloh filed to drop his last name, a source revealed to People that Pitt’s relationship with his older kids remains strained.
‘He has virtually no contact with the adult kids. His engagement with the younger kids is more limited in recent months because of his filming schedule,’ the insider shared.
Angelina filed for divorce from the actor in 2019 after five years of marriage.
The union ended on a contentious note and their children appear to have taken sides.
The two filmmakers have been locked in a bitter battle over their French vineyard and home after the Tomb Raider star sold her $64 million stake to Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler in 2021.
Shiloh’s lawyer, Peter Levine, said she made the decision ‘following painful events’ in a new statement to People; pictured with her mother in 2021
Shiloh now only uses his mother’s surname, Jolie; Angelina pictured with five of her six children in October 2021; L-R Shiloh, Zahara, Angelina, Vivienne, Maddox, and Knox
The estranged couple met in 2004 and married in 2014. Angelina filed for divorce from the actor in 2019 after five years of marriage; pictured in 2009
They later entered into an acrimonious back-and-forth over NDA’s, which have become a key point in their fight.
Jolie is now asking Pitt to ‘end the fighting’ and drop the lawsuit against her to allow their family to ‘heal.’
But sources told DailyMail.com that the Fight Club star ‘has no intention’ of dropping it, alleging that Jolie only made the plea after realizing that she does not have as strong a case as she previously thought.
‘Brad is not going to drop this lawsuit – why would he? This was a very standard business dispute but unfortunately, Angelina has consistently introduced personal elements that are meant for a divorce court,’ a person close to the situation revealed.