Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Zahara is making her name change official.
The 21-year-old, who graduated from Spelman College over the summer, officially filed a petition to drop her famous father’s last name with the Los Angeles County Superior Court back in June.
She was announced as “Zahara Marley Jolie” when she received her diploma from her alma mater as well. Now, she’s taking the final pivotal steps in making the change stick, per new documents accessed by HELLO!.
According to California Law, Zahara is legally required to publish her name change petition in a local newspaper of general circulation for four weeks, then submit a petition declaring the same with the court.
On July 9, the college graduate filed a Proof of Publication document with the LA County Court, confirming that her name change petition had been published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on June 16, June 23, June 30 and July 7.
Zahara is officially filing to go from “Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt” to “Zahara Marley Jolie. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for September 28, and if there are no objections or issues in the petition moving forward, her name change will be approved and made official.
The proof of publication document was filed just a few short days before her youngest two siblings, twins Knox and Vivienne, turned 18 and hit adulthood.
© Getty ImagesAngelina has stated in the past her desire to leave the country and spend time with family and friends abroad, most notably in her son Maddox’s native Cambodia, once all her kids became adults.
The Couture star is currently tied to Los Angeles due to a custody arrangement requiring her to maintain a residence in California stemming from ex-husband Brad’s visitation rights over their minor children.
In 2021, nearly five years after the Maleficent actress filed for divorce, the F1 star was granted joint custody over their children. However, when the judge on their case was removed, the agreement reverted back to a 2018 ruling, which gave Angelina primary physical custody and Brad received “custodial time” and visitation rights over their minor children.
© Getty ImagesAngelina told The Hollywood Reporter in 2024 that while she has ties to Los Angeles because she grew up in the city, she hopes to leave once her kids come of age.
“I am here because I have to be here from a divorce, but as soon as they’re 18, I’ll be able to leave,” she shared. “When you have a big family, you want them to have privacy, peace, safety.”
© Getty Images“I have a house now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be … that humanity that I found across the world is not what I grew up with here. [After Los Angeles,] I’ll spend a lot of time in Cambodia. I’ll spend time visiting my family members wherever they may be in the world.”
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