The ex-wife is married to a policeman, seems like the cops were doing a favor to the stepfather. Shame on them. However, I cannot imagine taking an iphone4 and thinking I would get away with keeping it. He took it when the daughter was 12, and she is now 15. The father must think she hasn’t grown up at all in those years. Sad state of affairs. The father has now abandoned his daughter. Wonder why. This family embraces dysfunction.
Seriously? They are like $100.00 or less on Amazon. Not even enough expense to consider significant.
You and others act like the father was using it or something. That he wanted it, rather than wanting to keep his daughter from wrapping her whole life around it like most young girls do nowadays.
He probably would have given it back had the mother (who strangely did not have custody of the daughter) not forced a pissing contest over it.
She put him in the position such that if he gave it back, it makes it look like she is in control of this and perhaps future situations.
I wouldn't accept that perception either.