diff --git a/app/forms/hydra_editor/form.rb b/app/forms/hydra_editor/form.rb
index eabd9fa..888c54b 100644
--- a/app/forms/hydra_editor/form.rb
+++ b/app/forms/hydra_editor/form.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 module HydraEditor
   module Form
+    extend ActiveSupport::Autoload
+    autoload :Permissions
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
     include Hydra::Presenter
     included do
       class_attribute :required_fields
@@ -50,7 +53,6 @@ def build_permitted_params
             permitted << term
           end
         end
-        permitted << { permissions_attributes: [:type, :name, :access] }
         permitted
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/forms/hydra_editor/form/permissions.rb b/app/forms/hydra_editor/form/permissions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..200e053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/forms/hydra_editor/form/permissions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module HydraEditor
+  module Form
+    module Permissions
+      extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+      module ClassMethods
+
+        def build_permitted_params
+          permitted = super
+          permitted << { permissions_attributes: [:type, :name, :access, :id, :_destroy] }
+          permitted
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/forms/hydra_editor_form_permissions_spec.rb b/spec/forms/hydra_editor_form_permissions_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9beeb29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/forms/hydra_editor_form_permissions_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe HydraEditor::Form::Permissions do
+  class TestModel < ActiveFedora::Base
+    property :title, predicate: ::RDF::DC.title
+    property :creator, predicate: ::RDF::DC.creator, multiple: false
+  end
+
+  class TestForm
+    include HydraEditor::Form
+    include HydraEditor::Form::Permissions
+    self.model_class = TestModel
+    # Terms is the list of fields displayed by app/views/records/_form.html.erb
+    self.terms = [:title, :creator]
+  end
+
+  describe "model_attributes" do
+    let(:params) { ActionController::Parameters.new(title: [''], creator: 'bob', description: ['huh'], permissions_attributes: {'0' => { id: '123', _destroy: 'true' }}) }
+    subject { TestForm.model_attributes(params) }
+
+    it { is_expected.to eq('creator' => 'bob', 'title' => [],
+                           'permissions_attributes' => { '0' => { 'id' => '123', '_destroy' => 'true' } }) }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/forms/hydra_editor_form_spec.rb b/spec/forms/hydra_editor_form_spec.rb
index 07064db..df542da 100644
--- a/spec/forms/hydra_editor_form_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/forms/hydra_editor_form_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ class TestForm
   describe "class methods" do
     subject { TestForm.model_name }
     it { is_expected.to eq 'TestModel' }
+
+    describe "model_attributes" do
+      let(:params) { ActionController::Parameters.new(title: [''], creator: 'bob', description: ['huh']) }
+      subject { TestForm.model_attributes(params) }
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq('creator' => 'bob', 'title' => []) }
+    end
   end
 
   let(:object) { TestModel.new(title: ['foo', 'bar'], creator: 'baz') }