Dina Lohan leaves the Beverly Hills Courthouse carrying a plastic bag containing Lindsay's shoes on September 24 in Beverly Hills (WireImage)

In an interview with Matt Lauer on “Today,” Dina Lohan, Lindsay Lohan’s mother, described her daughter, who is currently at the Betty Ford Center in California, as “happy” and “relaxed.”

She explained: “She’s just a different person. She’s been in a couple facilities, but this one to me has really changed her.”

When she was asked why she was not going to admit at first that her daughter had problem, she said, “That was for Lindsay to admit. As a mother it wasn’t for me to come to tell the world … about her problem. That was for her to do. I wasn’t in denial.”

Regarding the on-going situation, she said, “We take it one day at a time. Addiction is difficult. I don’t know. I don’t have a crystal ball. I pray hard … We can only be positive and look to the future to help other families.”

It seems we’re experiencing a sudden resurgance in LiLo news. Her parents have been publicly arguing about which of them is worse, and it seems Lindsay is siding with her mom.

The New York Daily News reported that Lindsay is working to file a restraining order against her father, Michael. He recently told X17 he plans to see a judge about helping Lindsay this week.

“If I can’t get a conservatorship, then I’m going to take her to an undisclosed location and get her straight,” he said. “But I know I’m gonna get charged [with] kidnapping.”

Michael was also on the Maury Povich Show to publicly commincate with his daughter. He looked into the camera and said, “I’m gonna do anything and everything I have to save your life, whether mom likes it, the public likes it, or anyone.”

Mama Lohan, on the other hand, just wants him to shut up, particularly since he told reporters Lindsay is addicted to prescription pills.

“Michael Lohan needs to focus on being a parent, paying child support, of which he is six months behind, and making up for all the years he was an absentee dad,” Dina told People magazine. “And stop going on national television talking about his children publicly.”

And so, LiLo is trying to protect herself. A source told People “Lindsay is actively getting a restraining order, her lawyers have already been contacted. She’s scared. This is really serious.”