Some couples stick through troubles and support each other, while others are slowly broken and drift apart.
Anna Duggar is seeking space and a fresh start after enduring her husband Josh Duggar’s scandal.
While Josh is appealing his charges while serving his 12 1/2-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute Seagoville in Texas, Anna is ready for something new.
“I can see Anna moving near her sister Priscilla to be closer to Josh’s prison, but it’s mostly about needing a change,” the insider says of the former reality TV personality. “She loves her sister and brother-in-law.”
Despite Anna, 34, not wanting to give up completely on Josh, 12-years behind bars is a long time and the mom of seven needs a change from her life on Arkansas.
“Her in-laws are great, Jim Bob and Michelle are like parents to her, but she really could use some distance,” the source says. “Anna and Josh are not seeing eye to eye on her plans to move.”
“Josh doesn’t want Anna and their kids moving away from his family because he thinks it will create too much of a disconnection” for her and the kids, the insider adds. “Josh can’t raise his kids from prison and he’s afraid of outside influences.”
Josh, 34, was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of one count of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography by an Arkansas jury in December 2021 (the latter charge was dropped at the former TLC star’s May 25, 2022, sentencing).
While Josh was originally sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison, his release date is scheduled for August 12, 2032, meaning he’ll spend a little more than 10 years behind bars. His legal team has since filed three appeals in his case, the most recent of which had a deadline of October 3.
Josh and Anna wed on September 26, 2008, and share seven children together: Mackynzie, Maryella, Marcus, Madyson, Michael, Mason and Meredith. The former car salesman cannot have unsupervised contact with minors, meaning he can’t see his own children if they are under 18 after his release from prison.
He is also not allowed to have conjugal visits with Anna while in prison. The only physical contact they’re allowed to have is “handshakes, hugs and kisses (in good taste)” at the start or end of their visits, which is limited to four hours per month.
