From the begining of this work key term is maternity and parental support leave. The purpose of this work is to show and explain maternity and parental support, maternity and parental benefit, and the difference between maternity and parental leave and other leave related to maternity and parental leave. Also, purpose of this work is explore maternity and parental support in the Republic of Croatia and conduct a questionnaires about maternity and parental support in the Republic of Croatia. The system of maternity and parental support is regulated by the Act on Maternity and Parental support. Maternity and parental support is divided into time support and financial support. Users of maternity and parental support may be employed and self-employed parents, but also unemployed parents and parents outside the working system. Maternity leave of a pregnant employee or self-employed pregnant woman or mother uses twenty-eight days before her expected birth, ie forty-five days before her expected birth in the event of complications, and it lasts up to six months of the child's life. An employed parent or self-employed parent after the six months of the child's birth has the right to parental leave. Parental leave lasts until the age of eight.