If your ex was just sentenced to jail and you’ve resigned yourself to no child support for the duration, not so fast.

This Charlotte Observer article reports on a state government audit evaluating the Corrections Department on its alleged failure to deduct court-ordered child support from inmates’ wages.

One can’t help but wonder whether a crackdown may follow.

The moral of the story is: don’t give up, follow the proper procedure to implement income deduction – and you just might collect.