@staticmethod
def _validate_parent(new_parent):
    """
        Checks whether a provided object is a valid odml.Section.

        :param new_parent: object to check whether it is an odml.Section.
        :returns: Boolean whether the object is an odml.Section or not.
        """
    from odml.section import BaseSection
    if isinstance(new_parent, BaseSection):
        return True
    return False
