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The Indonesian Constitutional Court Decision No. 88 / PUU-XIV / 2016 states that a woman is entitled to be a candidate for Governor and Vice Governor in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. This decision has become a polemic among the people of Yogyakarta, Indonesia and also internal conflict among the internal members of the Yogyakarta Palace because historically, the Sultanate never had a woman as the leader. This research aims to find out the institutional disputes settlement mechanism in Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate. This research is a normative and empirical legal research which means that the research uses both library research and interview respondents in obtaining data. The result of the research shows that in the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate Palace there is no clear mechanism of resolving disputes among Sultanate family and there is no institution that has the authority to solve cases of institutional disputes. Yogyakarta Sultanate is now in a state of emergency, in which the Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X does not have a son as the successor to the throne of the Kingdom. Basically, the dispute settlement in Yogyakarta Sultanate Palace can be settled through discussion among Sultanate Family. Eventhough historically the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate hasnt had customary law or paugeran adat that regulates about the figure of female leaders, basically a woman stil has an opportunity to become a governor and also become a leader or Sulthanah in the Yogyakarta Sultanate Palace if there is a new political consensus among the royal family in settling the dispute. Therefore, the research recommends that Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate Palace needs to initiate the establishment of an institution that has authority to settle any disputes happened in the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate Palace.