*** Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py~	2004-02-12 18:35:11.000000000 +0100
--- Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py	2005-01-01 20:31:44.000000000 +0100
***************
*** 135,144 ****
          if newChild.nodeType not in self._child_node_types:
              raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                  "%s cannot be child of %s" % (repr(newChild), repr(self)))
-         if newChild.parentNode is not None:
-             newChild.parentNode.removeChild(newChild)
          if newChild is oldChild:
              return
          try:
              index = self.childNodes.index(oldChild)
          except ValueError:
--- 135,144 ----
          if newChild.nodeType not in self._child_node_types:
              raise xml.dom.HierarchyRequestErr(
                  "%s cannot be child of %s" % (repr(newChild), repr(self)))
          if newChild is oldChild:
              return
+         if newChild.parentNode is not None:
+             newChild.parentNode.removeChild(newChild)
          try:
              index = self.childNodes.index(oldChild)
          except ValueError: