# Determine if Child is Null

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-if-child-is-null/249140>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-if-child-is-null/249140 "2008-01-15T19:57:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![pyromunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@pyromunky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pyromunky)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/determine-if-child-is-null/249140/1 "2008-01-15T19:57:54Z")

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How can I determine if a child is present or not in a movieClip?

I’m trying to set up a conditional to determine whether or not a specified child object is present and if so, remove it. I’m having trouble finding relevant documentation on this.

Any suggestions are truly appreciated…