A source close to the case said the 18-year-old has filed a petition to remove Pitt from her surname, which would change her legal name to Shiloh Jolie, and has hired her attorney for the process, People magazine reports. Has been appointed. was appointed.

"Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself," the source said, pointing to Jolie's allegations of "abuse history" as the reason for the name change.

Shiloh filed legal docs with People to drop 'Pitt' from her last name on May 27, which would have been her 18th birthday.

In addition to Shiloh, Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 48, have five other children, Pax, Zahara, Knox and Vivienne. It appears that two of Shiloh's siblings have also dropped the 'Pitt' from their surname.

According to 'People', Vivienne is listed as "Vivienne Jolie" in the playbill of the Broadway show 'The Outsiders,' which Jolie produced. Meanwhile, Zahra joined Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College in November and there she introduced herself as Zahra Marley Jolie.

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016 and requested sole physical custody of their six children. In August 2022, referring to Pitt's ongoing custody battle with Jolie, an insider said that the lack of relationship between them has been "a sad situation for years".

"There were times, long periods of time, when he didn't see the kids at all," the source said of Brad Pitt.