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Lohan's dad withdraws drug test request


(AP)
Updated: 2007-07-31 15:25





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Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan's father, arrives at Family Court
in Westbury, N.Y. Monday, July 30, 2007.[AP]

Lindsay Lohan's father withdrew a request to have his estranged wife
tested for drugs as the pair were in divorce court on Monday.

Michael Lohan had previously suggested that Dina Lohan's drinking and his
own drug use may have contributed to the substance abuse problems
plaguing their starlet daughter.

He said he felt the move would improve his chances of being granted
visitation rights with his children. He currently is permitted only
telephone calls with his daughter Aliana, 13, and her brother, Dakota,
10. Because Lindsay, 21, and her brother Michael Lohan Jr., 19, are no
longer minors, they are not subject to the edicts of Family Court.

Michael Lohan is doing "everything he possibly can to reunite with his
children," his attorney, John DiMascio Jr., after the brief court
proceeding.

Dina Lohan, who was accompanied by her mother, Ann Sullivan, was not
impressed.

"There never should have been an order," she told reporters who swarmed
her as she walked to her car.

Family Court Judge Stacy D. Bennett said she was awaiting the results of
a review by a family therapist, which is due Sept. 6. In the meantime,
the judge repeated a previous admonition for the couple "not to make
disparaging comments in the presence of the children."

The Lohans are due back in divorce court Aug. 10.

Last week, Lindsay Lohan was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor
driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license, and for
felony cocaine possession. She was released on bail and insisted in an
e-mail to an entertainment reporter that she was innocent of the
allegations, which came just two weeks after she was released from her
second stint in rehab this year.

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