1.32.010 Authority

(a) Article VI, Section 1 (k) of the Bad River Tribal Constitution authorizes the Tribal Council to regulate the inheritance of property, real and personal, other than allotted lands within the territory of the Bad River Reservation, subject to review by the Secretary of the Interior.

(b) Article VI, Section 1 (q) of the Bad River Constitution authorizes the Tribal Council to promulgate and enforce ordinances which shall be subject to review by the Secretary of the Interior, governing the conduct of members of the Bad River Band, and of non-members of the Reservation providing for the maintenance of law and order; and for the administration of justice by establishing an Indian court and defining its duties and powers.

(c) Article VI, Section 1(r) of the Bad River Tribal Constitution authorizes the Tribal Council to consolidate inherited land holdings by purchase, exchange, transfer, gift, or voluntary relinquishment, including the power to reassign same in the public interest.

(d) 25 U.S.C. § 2205 provides that any Indian tribe may adopt tribal probate code, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.