I have the following setup A ----1:N---- B ------ 1:1 ----- C I have the relationships configured so that If I delete A, it cascades to B and If I delete B it cascades to C. BUT If I also, separately delete C, it should also delete B (but not A). However, what seems to happen is the following. Delete A, Then delete B, then delete C, then delete B again. Since B is already deleted, jboss throws a RemoveException and it all fails. Any ideas as to how to approach this setup? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3965273#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...