Dwight Howard won divorce court race against Amber Howard

Dwight Howard may have filed for divorce Monday… but TMZ has learned that his estranged wife, Amber Howardwent to court the same day to do the exact same thing.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ…Amber was also filing with her attorney…but Dwight beat her to the punch, and her paperwork was processed first.

Despite the dueling divorce proceedings, we’re told the estranged couple are still living together under the same roof in their marital home in Georgia for the time being.

Dwight was in California this weekend with his son, Davidwhile Amber remained in Atlanta.

This is not their first attempt to end the marriage. Amber filed for divorce last year, but the two eventually reconciled and called it off. Our sources say this time it’s different… the breakup is final.

TMZ broke the story… Dwight filed Mondaycalling the marriage “irretrievably broken”, and he requested exclusive use of his Georgia mansion.

We first reported… Gwinnett County Police were shipped to home three times in the last two weeks – including for a suicide threat, a domestic incident and a report of theft.

The filing came just days after Amber posted a series of shocking allegations about Dwight on Instagram.