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A source close to the matter told PEOPLE the 18-year-old filed to drop Pitt from her surname, which would make her legal name Shiloh Jolie, and hired her own attorney for the process.

“Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself,” the source said, pointing to Jolie’s allegations of an “abuse history” as part of the reason for the name change.

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A source close to the matter told PEOPLE the 18-year-old filed to drop Pitt from her surname, which would make her legal name Shiloh Jolie, and hired her own attorney for the process.

“Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself,” the source said, pointing to Jolie’s allegations of an “abuse history” as part of the reason for the name change.

Angelina Jolie with children Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt attend “The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind” Special Screening at Crosby Street Hotel on February 25, 2019
Angelina Jolie with her children in 2019. Monica Schipper/Getty
PEOPLE reached out to a representative for Pitt for comment.

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Shiloh filed legal documents, obtained by PEOPLE, to drop Pitt from her last name on May 27, which was her 18th birthday.

Two of Shiloh’s siblings also appear to have removed Pitt from their last name. Vivienne is listed as “Vivienne Jolie” in the playbill for the Broadway show The Outsiders, which is produced by Jolie. Zahara, meanwhile, joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Spelman College in November, and introduced herself there as Zahara Marley Jolie

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016 and requested sole physical custody of their six children.

An insider told PEOPLE in August 2022 that their lack of connection has been “a sad situation for years,” referring to Pitt’s ongoing custody battle with Jolie. “Many times, there have been long gaps where he didn’t see the kids at all,” the source added of the Bullet Train star.

As the exes have fought over their winery Chateau Miraval in court, Jolie has alleged Pitt was abusive to both her and the children prior to the 2016 plane incident that led to their divorce, claims Pitt’s lawyers have called “misleading” and a “distraction.”