Every person enjoys fundmental human rights and freedoms, including children, one of these rights is the right to express an opinion. The opinions of the child in procedures related to their rights and well-being are taken into account in accordance with the child's age and maturity. The method of obtaining a child's opinion may differ depending on the age of the child, the type of procedure and the context in which the opinion is sought. Therefore, the child's opinion does not have to be determined in a conversation with the child, he can express it in a drawing or in another suitable way. This paper presents the family court procedures regulated by the Family Law of the Republic of Croatia, and special attention is paid to parental care. The child's right to express his opinion is also defined in international documents: the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from 1950, the Convention on the Rights of the Child from 1989, the European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights from 1996, the Convention on Contact with Children from 2003. as well as in the General Comment of the Committee for the Rights of the Child no. 12. The child's right to be heard from 2009. The Croatian legislation also guarantees the child the right to express his opinion, and the provisions that enable this are contained in the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, the Family Law and the Rulebook on the method of obtaining the opinion of the child. Sometimes children also need help when expressing their opinions due to their age or maturity. Assistance in expressing an opinion is provided to the child by a special guardian appointed by the competent authority, who represents the child's interests and will in family court proceedings.