Lindsay's dad wants her cash

The father of American actress Lindsay Lohan is going to court to try to get a share of her earnings.

Michael Lohan is suing his estranged wife Dina claiming he is entitled to half her cut of their 18-year-old daughter's money - an amount which his lawyer claims is as much as £21million a year from her movies and music.

If successful, Mr Lohan could get £1.5million every 12months.

'Michael wants to be supported from the earnings that Mrs Lohan gets from Lindsay,' said his lawyer Dominic Barbara.

The Lohans were divorced in December after he was arrested for attacking her brother. He pleaded guilty to assault and harassment and was ordered into rehabilitation.

He is currently banned from approaching Lohan - star of Freaky Friday - her mother or any other family members. 'I tried to do this amicably. I didn't want this to happen. I didn't want to drag the kids through the mud,' said Mr Lohan.

But Mrs Lohan's spokesman Dan Klores said there was little hope the father's claim would succeed.

'There is no point in dignifying the desires of a convicted felon, whom the court has already ordered to stay away from his children and wife,' he said.

Lohan began her career aged three, appearing in more than 60 TV commercials during her childhood.

She has so far starred in ten films.