Dina Eastwood, a reality TV star in her own right recently hired Attorney C. Michael McClure to file the petition on of his client in Monterey County Superior Court in Northern California.

McClure declined to say why Dina Eastwood, 48, a former television journalist, had filed for separation or if she would ultimately seek a divorce. She filed a petition asking for spousal support and physical custody of the couple's 16-year-old daughter, Morgan.

The Eastwoods married in 1996.

A representative for Clint Eastwood, 83, was not immediately obtainable for comment.

Eastwood shot to international fame as "the man with no name" in "spaghetti Westerns" such as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in the 1960s and as the "no holds barred" cop in the 1970s "Dirty Harry" movies.

He won best director and best picture Oscars for the 1992 Western "Unforgiven" and the 2004 boxing drama "Million Dollar Baby." His most recent movie was 2012's "Trouble With the Curve."

Eastwood is rumored to have begun a new romantic relationship with the wife of a longtime friend, Hawaii University basketball coach Scott Fisher. Eastwood has been photographed spending time with Fisher's ex-wife Erica.

"After Scott and Erica divorced, Erica was sure Scott was romancing Dina," a source told Us Weekly. "Erica called Clint's office last February to discuss her suspicions - then he fell for her!"

Eastwood was married to Maggie Johnson for more than 30 years and had a long-term relationship with actress Sondra Locke during the 1970s and 1980s.