Yes, indeed. A man doesn’t have the money to pay the full amount and also doesn’t have the money to pay a lawyer to even try to get the amount reduced to the severely diminished income level. So, off to jail for “contempt of court”. I served 96 days of a 180 day sentence before I could borrow enough money and get a hearing which got me out. The ex actually owed me more money than the amount of the arrears because I wrote the check to buy her a car in the better times, but I never got a promissory note - because I knew she’d never pay me back anyway.