diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb
index cce7dd6..67392cb 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/articles.rb
@@ -226,27 +226,10 @@ module Noosfero
             named 'ArticleAddChild'
           end
           post ':id/children' do
-            authenticate!
             parent_article = environment.articles.find(params[:id])
-            return forbidden! unless parent_article.allow_create?(current_person)
-
-            klass_type = params[:content_type] || params[:article].delete(:type) || 'TinyMceArticle'
-            #FIXME see how to check the article types
-            #return forbidden! unless ARTICLE_TYPES.include?(klass_type)
-
-            article = klass_type.constantize.new(params[:article])
-            article.parent = parent_article
-            article.last_changed_by = current_person
-            article.created_by= current_person
-            article.author= current_person
-            article.profile = parent_article.profile
-
-            if !article.save
-              render_api_errors!(article.errors.full_messages)
-            end
-            present_partial article, :with => Entities::Article
+            params[:article][:parent_id] = parent_article.id
+            post_article(parent_article.profile, params)
           end
-
         end
 
         resource :profiles do
diff --git a/test/api/articles_test.rb b/test/api/articles_test.rb
index be0f754..78898e3 100644
--- a/test/api/articles_test.rb
+++ b/test/api/articles_test.rb
@@ -564,6 +564,23 @@ class ArticlesTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal ['title'], json['articles'].first.keys
   end
 
+  should "create article child" do
+    article = fast_create(Article, :profile_id => user.person.id, :name => "Some thing")
+    params[:article] = {:name => "Title"}
+    post "/api/v1/articles/#{article.id}/children?#{params.to_query}"
+    json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+    assert_equal article.id, json["article"]["parent"]["id"]
+  end
+
+  should "do not create article child if user has no permission to post content" do
+    profile = fast_create(Profile, :environment_id => environment.id)
+    article = fast_create(Article, :profile_id => profile.id, :name => "Some thing")
+    give_permission(user.person, 'invite_members', profile)
+    params[:article] = {:name => "Title"}
+    post "/api/v1/articles/#{article.id}/children?#{params.to_query}"
+    assert_equal 403, last_response.status
+  end
+
   should 'suggest article children' do
     article = fast_create(Article, :profile_id => user.person.id, :name => "Some thing")
     params[:target_id] = user.person.id
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