Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. J.E.

Opinion

KRIEGLER, J.—

INTRODUCTION

For the third time this case comes before us on the issue of whether the lower court has correctly ordered an Indian child, Alexandria R, to be placed with her extended family, Ken R. and Ginger R., in Utah after concluding that Alexandria’s foster parents, the de facto parents, Russell P. and Summer R, failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that there was good cause to depart from the adoptive placement preferences set forth in the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.).1

We have twice remanded the matter because the lower…