Pursuant to Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, Italian courts have jurisdiction over an action for legal separation between an Italian citizen and a Brazilian citizen because the spouses’ last habitual residence was situated in Italy, where one of the spouses still resides. Pursuant to Article 31(1) of Law No 218/1995, Italian law governs the legal separation of two spouses having different nationality as a result of the fact that the spouses’ matrimonial life was primarily localized in Italy. Pursuant to Article 42 of Law No 218/1995, Italian courts have jurisdiction over an action for custody of a child resident in a non-EU Member State as a result of the common Italian nationality of the father and the child. Pursuant to Article 3(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 4/2009, Italian courts have jurisdiction over an action for the maintenance of a minor residing in a non-EU Member State based on the fact that Italian courts have jurisdiction over the action for the legal separation of the child’s parents. Pursuant to Article 36 of Law No 218/1995, such maintenance claim is governed by the child’s national law.