diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper.cc
index eb8fe1a..1ca0e63 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper.cc
@@ -510,19 +510,18 @@ FormNode::setRadioButtonValue(QPDFObjectHandle name)
             return;
         }
     }
-
-    QPDFObjectHandle kids = oh().getKey("/Kids");
-    if (!(isRadioButton() && parent.null() && kids.isArray())) {
+    auto kids = Kids();
+    if (!(isRadioButton() && parent.null() && kids)) {
         warn("don't know how to set the value of this field as a radio button");
         return;
     }
     setFieldAttribute("/V", name);
-    for (auto const& kid: kids.as_array()) {
-        QPDFObjectHandle AP = kid.getKey("/AP");
+    for (FormNode kid: kids) {
+        QPDFObjectHandle AP = kid["/AP"];
         QPDFObjectHandle annot;
         if (AP.null()) {
             // The widget may be below. If there is more than one, just find the first one.
-            for (auto const& grandkid: kid.getKey("/Kids").as_array()) {
+            for (auto const& grandkid: kid.Kids()) {
                 AP = grandkid.getKey("/AP");
                 if (!AP.null()) {
                     annot = grandkid;
@@ -553,11 +552,9 @@ FormNode::setCheckBoxValue(bool value)
     if (AP.null()) {
         // The widget may be below. If there is more than one, just
         // find the first one.
-        QPDFObjectHandle kids = oh().getKey("/Kids");
-        for (auto const& kid: oh().getKey("/Kids").as_array(qpdf::strict)) {
+        for (auto const& kid: Kids()) {
             AP = kid.getKey("/AP");
             if (!AP.null()) {
-                QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper checkbox kid widget");
                 annot = kid;
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/AcroForm.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/AcroForm.hh
index 98728cd..468965f 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/AcroForm.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/AcroForm.hh
@@ -356,6 +356,20 @@ namespace qpdf::impl
         {
         }
 
+        /// @brief Retrieves the /Kids array.
+        ///
+        /// This method returns the /Kids entry, which is an array of the immediate descendants of
+        /// this node. It is only present if the node is a form field rather than a pure widget
+        /// annotation.
+        ///
+        /// @return An `Array` object containing the /Kids elements. If the /Kids entry
+        ///         does not exist or is not a valid array, the returned `Array` will be invalid.
+        Array
+        Kids() const
+        {
+            return {get("/Kids")};
+        }
+
         /// Retrieves the /Parent form field of the current field.
         ///
         /// This function accesses the parent field in the hierarchical structure of form fields, if
diff --git a/qpdf/qpdf.testcov b/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
index 6c58745..d39cb08 100644
--- a/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
+++ b/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ QPDFPageDocumentHelper non-widget annotation 0
 QPDFObjectHandle replace with copy 0
 QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper forbidden flags 0
 QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper missing required flags 0
-QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper checkbox kid widget 0
 QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper set checkbox AS 0
 QPDFObjectHandle broken checkbox 0
 QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper list not found 0