Hoff's Ex Ordered to Flip That House

Mon., Sep. 10, 2007 6:27 PM PDT by Natalie Finn

Pamela Bach has been ordered to get going or get out.

A Los Angeles judge gave David Hasselhoff's ex-wife the option to either move out of the Encino, California, house she once shared with the actor or be ready to proceed by the end of the month with a trial on whether she should be getting more dough from her former husband.

Bach has requested that the trial on matters of permanent spousal and child support, which will kick off Oct. 1 unless she starts packing, be postponed for three months to allow her accountant more time to pore over the Hoff's financial records.

L.A. Superior Court Judge Mark A. Juhas said Bach could move to where Hasselhoff has been living, and he will be allowed to move back into the Encino manse with his two teenage daughters. The America's Got Talent judge has had primary physical custody and sole legal custody of the girls since June.

Bach has until Wednesday to respond to Juhas' order. If she relocates, she'll have until Jan. 28 to make her case.

The erstwhile actress, who guest-starred on Baywatch during Hasselhoff's tenure on the show, started the day off sans attorney, having recently parted ways with high-profile counsel number two, K-Fed custody battle lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan, but Juhas allowed the two lawyers she had in tow, Michael Trope and Stephen Landau, to represent her in the trial-postponement matter.

Bach was originally represented by Debra Opri, of Larry Birkhead fame, but she fired Opri after losing custody of 15-year-old Hayley and 17-year-old Taylor.

Hasselhoff's attorney, Melvin Goldsman, said that delaying the trial would be particularly inauspicious for his client, who has already forked over more than $1 million in legal fees for himself and Bach.

Juhas agreed with Goldsman to an extent, citing his concern over Bach's thus far unsubstantiated claim that Hasselhoff has been keeping money stashed in a foreign bank account.

Opri had also been angling for Hasselhoff to pay up, but Juhas denied the embattled attorney's petition to force the actor to fork over $189,000 on Bach's behalf, ruling that Opri hadn't obtained the proper authorization from Bach to hassle the Hoff.