Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is moving forward with legally dropping Pitt from her name.
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Almost two months after the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt filed legal papers on her 18th birthday to drop her father's surname, she has completed the next phase of the process: publishing an announcement in a newspaper.
A notice recently appeared in The Los Angeles Times, announcing Shiloh has filed to change her name to Shiloh Jolie.
According to California law, before a judge can approve a petition for a name change, the petitioner must have the legal forms published in a newspaper for one month.
Shiloh's name change comes after another of the former couple's children - Vivienne, 15 - also dropped the name Pitt for her inclusion in the Playbill for Broadway show The Outsiders, which she worked on backstage alongside her mother.
The former couple's children are believed to have a strained relationship with their movie star dad ever since their parents split in 2016.
While Vivienne is working in theatre, Shiloh is believed to be looking at a career as a dancer.
A video of her dancing recently went viral when it was shared by choreographer Lil Kelaan Carter, and an insider insisted Shiloh was "dedicated" and "hard-working" when it came to her vocation.
"Shiloh is an exceptionally talented dancer, displaying both dedication and hard work. She doesn't rely on her famous name to achieve her goals," a source told Entertainment Tonight.
The insider noted Shiloh would never use the celebrity status of her mother or father to boost her own fame.
Jolie and Pitt share four other children, Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, and Vivienne's twin Knox, 15.
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