In Re Liliana S.

Art Bunce, Escondido, and Kathryn Clenney for Intervenor and Appellant.

John J. Sansone, County Counsel, Susan Strom, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Katharine R. Bird, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Suzanne F. Evans, San Diego, under appointment by Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent Frank S.

Patti L. Dikes, under appointment by the Court of Appeals, for Defendant and Respondent Angelina T.

Christopher Blake, under appointment by the Court of Appeals, for the Minors.

O'ROURKE, J.

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (the Tribe) appeals orders at a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.21 six-month review hearing continuing Liliana S. and Juliana S. dependent children of the juvenile court and continuing their placement in the home of their paternal grandmother, Sonia S. (the paternal grandmother). The Tribe contends the mandatory order of preference for placement of dependent children of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) [1] and California Rules of Court, rule 1439(k)(1)) [2] is not subject to the good cause exception of rule 1439(k)(4) and the juvenile court lacked good cause to deviate from the statutory order of preference. We…