diff --git a/server/engine/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp/cobol/dialects/ibm/TransformTreeStage.java b/server/engine/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp/cobol/dialects/ibm/TransformTreeStage.java
index deb8045776..9a65e70e1a 100644
--- a/server/engine/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp/cobol/dialects/ibm/TransformTreeStage.java
+++ b/server/engine/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp/cobol/dialects/ibm/TransformTreeStage.java
@@ -96,10 +96,23 @@ private void addDialectsNode(AnalysisContext context, Node rootNode) {
               dialectNode.getLocality().getUri(),
               dialectNode.getLocality().getRange().getStart());
 
-      nodeByPosition.orElse(rootNode).addChild(dialectNode);
+      addChild(nodeByPosition.orElse(rootNode), dialectNode);
     }
   }
 
+  private void addChild(Node node, Node dialectNode) {
+    int index = 0;
+    for (Node child : node.getChildren()) {
+      if (child.getLocality().getUri().equals(dialectNode.getLocality().getUri())
+          && (child.getLocality().getRange().getStart().getLine() >= dialectNode.getLocality().getRange().getStart().getLine())) {
+        break;
+      }
+      index++;
+    }
+    dialectNode.setParent(node);
+    node.getChildren().add(index, dialectNode);
+  }
+
   private void addCopyNodes(AnalysisContext context, Node rootNode) {
     for (Map.Entry<String, Location> copybook : context.getCopybooksRepository().getUsages().entries()) {
       String name = copybook.getKey();
diff --git a/server/engine/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lsp/cobol/usecases/TestImplicitDialectsPosition.java b/server/engine/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lsp/cobol/usecases/TestImplicitDialectsPosition.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7aa8cbfc34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/engine/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lsp/cobol/usecases/TestImplicitDialectsPosition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Broadcom.
+ * The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made
+ * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *    Broadcom, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+ *
+ */
+package org.eclipse.lsp.cobol.usecases;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import org.eclipse.lsp.cobol.common.AnalysisResult;
+import org.eclipse.lsp.cobol.common.model.NodeType;
+import org.eclipse.lsp.cobol.common.model.tree.Node;
+import org.eclipse.lsp.cobol.implicitDialects.cics.nodes.ExecCicsHandleNode;
+import org.eclipse.lsp.cobol.test.engine.UseCaseEngine;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+/** Tests the CICS implicit dialect node position **/
+class TestImplicitDialectsPosition {
+
+  private static final String TEXT = "       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.\n"
+      + "       PROGRAM-ID.    CBACT01C.\n"
+      + "       PROCEDURE DIVISION.\n"
+      + "           IF 2 > 1 THEN\n"
+      + "             EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND LABEL({#HANDLE-ABEND})\n"
+      + "             END-EXEC.\n"
+      + "             GO TO {#HANDLE-ABEND}\n"
+      + "           END-IF.\n"
+      + "       {#*HANDLE-ABEND}.\n";
+
+  private static final String TEXT_WITH_COPY = "       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.\n"
+      + "       PROGRAM-ID.    CBACT01C.\n"
+      + "       PROCEDURE DIVISION.\n"
+      + "           IF 2 > 1 \n"
+      + "             PERFORM {#HANDLE-ABEND}\n"
+      + "             COPY {~COPY1}.\n"
+      + "             DISPLAY '1'\n"
+      + "           END-IF.\n"
+      + "       {#*HANDLE-ABEND}.\n";
+
+  private static final String COPY1 = "             EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND LABEL({#HANDLE-ABEND}) END-EXEC\n";
+
+  @Test
+  void test() {
+    AnalysisResult result = UseCaseEngine.runTest(TEXT, ImmutableList.of(), ImmutableMap.of());
+    Node ifNode = result.getRootNode().getDepthFirstStream()
+        .filter(n -> n.getNodeType() == NodeType.IF)
+        .findFirst()
+        .orElse(null);
+
+    assertNotNull(ifNode);
+    Node execCicsNode = ifNode.getChildren().get(2);
+    assertTrue(execCicsNode instanceof ExecCicsHandleNode);
+  }
+
+//  @Test
+//  void testCopy() {
+//    AnalysisResult result = UseCaseEngine.runTest(TEXT_WITH_COPY,
+//        ImmutableList.of(new CobolText("COPY1", COPY1)),
+//        ImmutableMap.of());
+//    Node ifNode = result.getRootNode().getDepthFirstStream()
+//        .filter(n -> n.getNodeType() == NodeType.IF)
+//        .findFirst()
+//        .orElse(null);
+//
+//    assertNotNull(ifNode);
+//    Node execCicsNode = ifNode.getChildren().get(3);
+//    assertTrue(execCicsNode instanceof ExecCicsHandleNode);
+//  }
+
+}
diff --git a/server/engine/src/test/resources/cfast/case_execCicsHandleAbendEx.cbl b/server/engine/src/test/resources/cfast/case_execCicsHandleAbendEx.cbl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c2571e30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/engine/src/test/resources/cfast/case_execCicsHandleAbendEx.cbl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
+       PROGRAM-ID.    CBACT01C.
+       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
+           IF A > B THEN
+             EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND LABEL(HANDLE-ABEND)
+             END-EXEC.
+             GO TO CALCULATION.
+           END-IF.
+
+       HANDLE-ABEND.
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diff --git a/server/engine/src/test/resources/cfast/case_execCicsHandleAbendEx.result.json b/server/engine/src/test/resources/cfast/case_execCicsHandleAbendEx.result.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0b0215c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/engine/src/test/resources/cfast/case_execCicsHandleAbendEx.result.json
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "CBACT01C",
+    "type": "program",
+    "location": {
+      "uri": "fake/path",
+      "start": {
+        "line": 3,
+        "character": 8
+      },
+      "end": {
+        "line": 7,
+        "character": 32
+      }
+    },
+    "children": [
+      {
+        "type": "if",
+        "location": {
+          "uri": "fake/path",
+          "start": {
+            "line": 4,
+            "character": 12
+          },
+          "end": {
+            "line": 7,
+            "character": 31
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "handleType": "LABEL",
+        "value": "HANDLE-ABEND",
+        "type": "execcicshandle",
+        "location": {
+          "uri": "fake/path",
+          "start": {
+            "line": 5,
+            "character": 14
+          },
+          "end": {
+            "line": 6,
+            "character": 23
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "endexec",
+        "location": {
+          "uri": "fake/path",
+          "start": {
+            "line": 5,
+            "character": 14
+          },
+          "end": {
+            "line": 6,
+            "character": 23
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "targetName": [
+          "CALCULATION"
+        ],
+        "type": "goto",
+        "location": {
+          "uri": "fake/path",
+          "start": {
+            "line": 7,
+            "character": 14
+          },
+          "end": {
+            "line": 7,
+            "character": 31
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "endif",
+        "location": {
+          "uri": "fake/path",
+          "start": {
+            "line": 4,
+            "character": 12
+          },
+          "end": {
+            "line": 7,
+            "character": 31
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+]
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