Lindsay Lohan's father appears in Sarasota court

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) A judge in Florida has ordered Lindsay Lohan's estranged father to permanently stay away from his on-again, off-again girlfriend.

The Herald-Tribune newspaper in Sarasota (http://bit.ly/rTRnk2) reports that during a court hearing Tuesday, Michael Lohan and Kate Major agreed to a permanent injunction to keep Lohan at least 500 feet away from her and unable to make contact with her.

Circuit Judge Rick De Furia signed off on the injunction.

Lohan will face another court hearing in Hillsborough County on Wednesday, where he was arrested on Oct. 25. His bail was set at $5,000 and a judge warned him not to make any contact with Major. Two days later, he was accused of violating the terms of his release by making a harassing phone call to her.