French citizenship

Lavigne's father being French, she has herself been legally French from birth, as the country applies jus sanguinis. She applied for her French passport and received it in February 2011. In January 2012, Lavigne's house in Bel-Air, on the market since May 2011, sold, and Lavigne moved to Paris, France to study the French language. She rented an apartment and attended a Berlitz school. She later held her second wedding in the South of France.