diff --git a/metacat-functional-tests/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/netflix/metacat/MetacatFunctionalSpec.groovy b/metacat-functional-tests/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/netflix/metacat/MetacatFunctionalSpec.groovy
index 22c0aa16e..7c693137b 100644
--- a/metacat-functional-tests/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/netflix/metacat/MetacatFunctionalSpec.groovy
+++ b/metacat-functional-tests/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/netflix/metacat/MetacatFunctionalSpec.groovy
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class MetacatFunctionalSpec extends Specification {
 
         def dataUri = "file:/tmp/${catalog.name}/${databaseName}/${tableName}".toString()
         def definitionMetadata = metacatJson.parseJsonObject('{"objectField": {}}')
-        def responseDefinitionMetadata = metacatJson.parseJsonObject('{"objectField":{},"owner":{"userId":"metacat-test"}}')
+        def responseDefinitionMetadata = metacatJson.parseJsonObject('{"objectField":{},"owner":{"userId":"metacat-test"},"parentChildRelationInfo":{}}')
         def dataMetadata = metacatJson.emptyObjectNode().put('data_field', 4)
         def dto = new TableDto(
             name: QualifiedName.ofTable(catalog.name, databaseName, tableName),
diff --git a/metacat-main/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/main/services/impl/TableServiceImpl.java b/metacat-main/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/main/services/impl/TableServiceImpl.java
index 42e4c26c1..e11408639 100644
--- a/metacat-main/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/main/services/impl/TableServiceImpl.java
+++ b/metacat-main/src/main/java/com/netflix/metacat/main/services/impl/TableServiceImpl.java
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ private ObjectNode createParentChildObjectNode(@Nullable final ParentInfo parent
             rootNode.set("parentInfo", parentNode);
         }
 
-        if (childInfos.isEmpty()) {
+        if (!childInfos.isEmpty()) {
             // Convert Set<ChildInfo> to an ArrayNode
-            final  ArrayNode childrenArrayNode = objectMapper.createArrayNode();
+            final ArrayNode childrenArrayNode = objectMapper.createArrayNode();
             for (ChildInfo childInfo : childInfos) {
                 final ObjectNode childNode = objectMapper.createObjectNode();
                 childNode.put("name", childInfo.getName());