Inside General Hospital Star Steve Burton's Messy Divorce From Sheree Gustin

According to People, Steve Burton will retroactively pay ex-wife Sheree Gustin $50,000, and moving forward will pay $12,500 a month for two of their children, Brooklyn and Jack, who are minors. That ends in April 2024, after which his monthly child support payments will decrease to $10,000. Their oldest child is Makena, who is 20 years old, while Jack is 17 and Brooklyn is 9. The couple also now shares physical and legal custody of the two younger children, with a further agreement that there would be no spousal support option moving forward.

On May 9, 2022, an inside source told People that Burton and Gustin had "been in the coasting stage for a while," before their separation, adding, "After a long marriage, it's not that unusual." The source remarked that it was atypical for Burton to share something as deeply personal as their split, "but the marriage has been just coexisting for a while."

The source also alleged that Burton felt his freedoms had been infringed upon when he was fired, and the loss of his job "caused chaos in his life." However, the unnamed person also stated that the two made every effort to shield the children from the circumstances and maintain a level of normalcy for them.