Lindsay Lohan Visits With Dad Michael At Rehab

Michael Lohan has finally been able to meet face to face with his daughter Lindsay at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage.

A source close to the family tells X17online that the visit "went really, really well." We're told the two of them went shopping together at a mall in Palm Desert ... just minutes from Betty Ford. As for Michael, he was "happily surprised" that Lilo agreed to see him. When they first saw each other, it was "definitely an emotional moment filled with tears."

Dina Lohan was in New York doing an interview on The Today Show, so we're told that's why Lindsay's dad was able to get in to see her. Our source adds that this visit was weeks in the making, and it was Lindsay who extended the invitation.

We're told that Papa Lohan, 50, will be going through therapy at Betty Ford with his daughter, 24, to get to the root of their relationship problems.

When X17online contacted Michael for comment, he declined to talk about it, but did tell us, "I couldn't be happier to have Lindsay back in my life."