def METHOD_NAME(self, child):
    """ this internal function removes any currently-pending reparent
    request for the given child nodepath """
    if child in self.pendingChild2parentToken:
        self.notify.debug("cancelling pending reparent of %s to '%s'" %
                          (repr(child),
                           self.pendingChild2parentToken[child]))
        parentToken = self.pendingChild2parentToken[child]
        del self.pendingChild2parentToken[child]
        self.pendingParentToken2children[parentToken].remove(child)