Q: Is it illegal to give someone a phone against their parents will but for the phone to be a gift to the person.
As long as you pay for the phone can the parents of the one it was given to take it away. If they make the kid go with little food and don’t let them out to go anywhere but to school and if they mentally abuse the kid
A:
illegal? No.
If the parents take it, what exactly would you want to happen?
If the child is being starved and mentally abused, why not use the phone to call DHS?
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