may be use lazy="false" in your <Many-to-One > and that should be applicable for child .. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4113659#4113659 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4113659