husband disabled my car to manipulate me

Hi everyone I have been having some trouble with my immature husband's behavior, and I am hoping someone can answer my questions. Recently my oldest daughter did poorly on a school assignment. She was not very forthcoming about it, and she didn't seem to be fixing or focusing her attention or concern on this class. I told her to check on her assignment and she said her teacher was going to change her grade due to her turning something in late. This daughter has lied to me repeatedly in the past, so I cannot afford to ignore her. One evening I asked her again about her physics assignment grade, and again she told me her teacher was going to change it. I have heard that before, so I told her that if she didn't give me a note or an e-mail or some proof that her teacher was going to change her grade within the next 2 days I would take her phone from her for the weekend on Friday. I asked her thee next day if her teacher had fixed her grade yet, and she told me no. Friday came and she texted me from her phone a couple of times telling me that she told him about 5 times to e-mail me about the grade change, but he hasn't. I told her I'd believe when I saw it. Like I said, this daughter has lied to me a lot in the past when it suited her needs. When I went home I checked her grades on her school web site as well as my e-mail account. there was no indication of any change in her Physics grade or any note from her teacher indicating that he was going to change her grade. I told my daughter to bring me her phone. While I waited for her to bring me the phone, she called her dad (my husband) and told him that I was trying to take her phone from her. He told me not to, and I told him I wasn't going to argue about this with him. I told him i would talk to him at home. I told him that I had already discussed this with her earlier, and she left me no choice. Well, about 30 minutes later, my husband comes home from work, 30 minutes early, and tells me to give my daughter her phone. :confused: What? I told him that I was not going to do that and that I did not need his permission to punish my daughter or to take her phone. Keep in mind, he never suggested nicely to me that I give her her phone, he ordered me to do so. I told him that I was not his dog and I did not have to obey him. He got in a shouting match with me and kicked a table as a childish display of his frustration. He almost broke my glass table. Again I refused to give the phone back until I got confirmation that the grade was changed. The reason I took the phone is that she has given me lip service before promising me that some teacher would change some grade. Then it wouldn't happen and she would still have her phone after knowingly lying to me to keep it. well my husband was so angry he went out to my car and took out one of the cylinders so the car would not start. He came back into the house and told me "I just disabled your car." Then he told me that he would not fix my car until I gave my daughter her phone back. :eek: Seriously? Who do you think you are anyway, GOD? I maintained my position and told him I would not return the phone because he told me to do so, and that I did not require his permission to parent my daughter or to take up her phone. I kept it. I also told him that he WAY overestimated my burning desire to get out and drive the roads during RUSH HOUR in HOUSTON, TEXAS on a FRIDAY! :rofl: I then looked at the school website and realized that the Physics grade JUST (like in the span of a minute) changed and went up. I told my husband that he needed to leave so I could finish my business with our daughter. He refused. I said that I would not address the situation until he fixed/restored the power to my car and demonstrated to me that it will start. He said he would do that as soon as i Gave my daughter her phone back. I told him that this can just go on all night. He saw I wasn't going to budge, and he went out to my car and replaced the cylinder and started the car. I went inside and he told me to give my daughter the phone back. I told him that hhe was not a part of this situation and I would finish the discussion with my daughter when he left. FINALLY he left (about an HOUR LATER) and I looked at my daughter, who was now crying from all the shouting and stress, and said "here's your phone back. Your Teacher changed your grade from a 32 to a 76. And that ended it. My husband hasn't spoken to me yet, and this fight happened a week ago. Ok. Here come the questions: 1. Were his actions legal? Can my husband legally disable my car so that I cannot drive it until I give him what he wants (don't be cute anybody)? Both of our names are on the car title. 2 If he does this again can I call the Sheriff's office? And Can the officer write him a ticket or order him to restore the car to working order? I'm not trying to divorce him over pettiness like this; I just want to send him a message: you can't get away with trying to manipulate me when I don't do what you want. Keep in mind that we live in Texas so if there are any Texas cops, or family law attorneys on this site I'd really appreciate some answers to my questions. Thanks Y'all

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