diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
index c72dfc1d127..4107b8e3d45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 import jakarta.ejb.Singleton;
 import jakarta.json.JsonArray;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 /**
  * Convert objects to Json.
@@ -639,9 +639,13 @@ public static JsonObjectBuilder json(MetadataBlock metadataBlock, boolean printO
         jsonObjectBuilder.add("displayOnCreate", metadataBlock.isDisplayOnCreate());
 
         JsonObjectBuilder fieldsBuilder = Json.createObjectBuilder();
-        Set<DatasetFieldType> datasetFieldTypes = new TreeSet<>(metadataBlock.getDatasetFieldTypes());
-
-        for (DatasetFieldType datasetFieldType : datasetFieldTypes) {
+        
+        Predicate<DatasetFieldType> isNoChild = element -> element.isChild() == false;
+        List<DatasetFieldType> childLessList = metadataBlock.getDatasetFieldTypes().stream().filter(isNoChild).toList();
+        Set<DatasetFieldType> datasetFieldTypesNoChildSorted = new TreeSet<>(childLessList);
+        
+        for (DatasetFieldType datasetFieldType : datasetFieldTypesNoChildSorted) {
+            
             Long datasetFieldTypeId = datasetFieldType.getId();
             boolean requiredAsInputLevelInOwnerDataverse = ownerDataverse != null && ownerDataverse.isDatasetFieldTypeRequiredAsInputLevel(datasetFieldTypeId);
             boolean includedAsInputLevelInOwnerDataverse = ownerDataverse != null && ownerDataverse.isDatasetFieldTypeIncludedAsInputLevel(datasetFieldTypeId);
@@ -658,7 +662,7 @@ public static JsonObjectBuilder json(MetadataBlock metadataBlock, boolean printO
                 fieldsBuilder.add(datasetFieldType.getName(), json(datasetFieldType, ownerDataverse));
             }
         }
-
+        
         jsonObjectBuilder.add("fields", fieldsBuilder);
         return jsonObjectBuilder;
     }