Michael Lohan believes his daughter Lindsay will relapse without him

Michael Lohan believes his daughter Lindsay will relapse if her parents don’t sort out their differences.

The showbiz patriarch is keen for the troubled actress to stay sober when she leaves her court-ordered stint at the Betty Ford Clinic next week and has spoken to the ‘Machete’ star’s advisors to help persuade his ex-wife Dina to agree to meet with him so they can put their problems behind him.

He said: "I am getting in touch with Lindsay's team, including Tom Hansen, Blair Berk, Lou Taylor and Shawn Chapman Holley, in the hope of trying, again, to have them to persuade Dina to sit down so we both can iron out our differences.

"Quite frankly, everyone knows this, including all the counsellors and therapists - Dina and I need to get along and put our differences aside if Lindsay is going to have any chance at a full recovery without relapse."

Michael has urged Dina – who has repeatedly accused him of failing to pay child support for their youngest kids, Ali, 17, and 14-year-old Cody – to forget about their previous problems and put their family first by staying civil to one another.

He added to RadarOnline.com: "Everyone has been asking Dina to sort out her issues with me, but the general consensus is that she simply can't admit or take responsibility and she is afraid to do so.

"But that isn't even part of it, she doesn't have to admit anything. All she has to do is keep Lindsay and the kids out of our differences and try to get along for their sake.

"She can make all the claims she likes about child support - the truth of which is that every cent owed has been paid and even more - but there is a much deeper and important issue here: Lindsay's health is first and foremost.

"Our kids are first and we should be second."