This research is designed as descriptive-analytic research, a study that describes an event in the present, while analysis is analyzing the phenomena that occur. This study aimed to determine the impact of underhand divorce on the people of Karave Village, Bulu Taba District, Pasangkayu District, West Sulawesi, and to determine the role of the prince in minimizing the number of underhanded divorces among the people of Karave Village, Bulu Taba District, Pasangkayu District. West Sulawesi. This research occurred in Karave Village, Bulu Taba District, Pasangkayu Regency, West Sulawesi. The choice of the research location was considering that some cases later became the object of research in this scientific work. The type of research used is qualitative research with data collection techniques, namely observation and interviews. The results of this study indicate that an underhand divorce occurred in Karave Village, Bulu Taba District, Pasangkayu Regency, due to a lack of understanding of marriage and divorce laws, economic influences that are supported by geographical and socio-economic conditions, and community apathy towards government provisions regarding marriage. The divorce of the prince must answer the problem of divorce under the hands of both formal and non-formal. Formal roles in the form of counseling, socialization and individual-based counseling. The role, coupled with the constraints of geographical and social conditions, as well as the apathy of the people, is also a concern, although it has yet to affect the role of the headman. From the results of this study, it is hoped that the prince will continue to try to minimize underhanded divorce in both the work area and the prince himself. Likewise, the government must further support fulfilling the principal duties and functions of the chieftain through strengthening regulations.