Brad Pitt’s kids Zahara and Maddox take out newspaper ads to officially drop ‘Pitt’ from last name

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s kids Zahara and Maddox took out newspaper ads as the next step in officially dropping their father’s last name.

Court documents obtained by Page Six on Monday show that Zahara, 21, published her petition to drop the actor’s surname in the Los Angeles Daily Journal once a week for four consecutive weeks.

The filing states that her notice ran in the paper on June 16, June 23, June 30 and July 7.

The newspaper ad also calls for anyone opposing the change to submit a written opposition before the final hearing.

Zahara now has a scheduled Sept. 28 court hearing for a judge to rule on the motion. If no one objects, the judge can approve the request.

As for Maddox, court docs obtained by Page Six show that the 24-year-old’s petition ran in the same publication as his sister on June 10, June 17, June 24 and July 1.

Publicly publishing a petition in a newspaper is one of California’s required hurdles for a legal name change.

As Page Six previously reported, Zahara legally requested her name be Zahara Jolie instead of Zahara Jolie-Pitt last month.