Josh Duggar Responded to Molestation Case by Suing the Arkansas DHS

19 shitty news items about the Duggars and counting! New information reveals that Josh Duggar sued the Arkansas Department of Human Services in 2007, 9 months after the Department of Human Services began investigating him for child molestation.

While the Duggars have yet to release a statement as to why Josh Duggar sued (or regarding any of his legal dealings), sources speculated that the lawsuit was to challenge the Department of Human Services’s findings or a decision that the department made.

Of the molestation charges, In Touch reports:

Police referred the matter to the Families in Need of Services agency, which has jurisdiction over minors. The Department of Human Services (DHS) was then brought into the case, In Touch has learned. Nine months after those agencies entered the Duggar molestation case, Josh Duggar sued the Arkansas Department of Human Services. A trial was held on August 6, 2007.

The results of the investigation into the Duggars and Josh’s trial are sealed. But a source familiar with the Duggar investigation told In Touch it was likely that Josh “appealed the DHS decision or finding from their investigation.” The source notes that DHS had the authority to apply “restrictions or stipulations about him being at home with the victims.

“Josh would be considered an in-home offender, giving DHS the authority to do an investigation. As part of your appeal rights you can request a DHS hearing to challenge what they found and their ruling.”

For such a fan of the old biblical ways, the Duggars sure are fans of modern-day litigation.

[In Touch]

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