+
+            it('keeps parent-describing nodes in place', function() {
+                var section = elementNodeFromXML('<section>Alice<x></x><div>a cat</div></section>'),
+                    aliceText = section.contents()[0],
+                    x = section.contents()[1],
+                    lastDiv = section.contents()[2];
+
+                section.document.registerExtension({documentNode: {methods: {
+                    object: {
+                        describesParent: function() {
+                            return this.getTagName() === 'x';
+                        }
+                    }
+                }}});
+
+                section.document.wrapNodes({
+                        node1: aliceText,
+                        node2: lastDiv,
+                        _with: {tagName: 'header'}
+                    });
+
+                expect(x.parent().sameNode(section)).to.be.true;
+            });