§ 143 Authority to attend meetings of association

This rule lets family court judges go to conferences and meetings held by their judges' association. It gives them official permission to attend these events as part of their job.

It also says the government office that pays each judge's salary must cover their travel costs for these events. The only limit is that the money has to come from funds that were already approved and budgeted for this purpose.

In simple terms, this rule makes sure judges can travel to professional meetings with other family court judges, and it guarantees their travel expenses get paid by their local government, as long as there's money set aside for it.