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Divorce Finalized For Former Largo City Manager Stanton

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By STEPHEN THOMPSON

The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 27, 2008

CLEARWATER - Susan Stanton, the former Largo city manager known as Steven Stanton before a sex change, has mediated a divorce from her wife of 18 years, according to court documents.

The agreement was signed off on by a Pinellas-Pasco judge on Aug. 6.

Stanton must pay her ex-wife, Donna, $4,756 in alimony and an additional $799 in child support monthly, according to a copy of the settlement. The two had a boy who now is 15.

Susan Stanton has not landed a job since being fired by the Largo City Commission in early 2007. So she has agreed to pay Donna Stanton a lump sum of $50,000 from her retirement plan as a longtime government employee.

That sum is supposed to cover alimony and child support payments from April 1 through the end of the year. If the former city manager, who once made $157,000 a year, doesn't get a job by then, Donna Stanton is entitled to more of the retirement account, the settlement says.

The pair also agreed to reduce Susan Stanton's share in the former couple's home in Clearwater, where Donna and their son will continue to live, by the same amount Donna Stanton accrued in loans to become an echocardiogram technician.

Donna Stanton has until June 30, 2012, to refinance the property to give Susan Stanton her share in the home's equity, the settlement states.

Donna Stanton also will receive 50 percent of any money Susan Stanton receives from movies or books about Steven Stanton's life.

Susan Stanton, whose last known address is in Sarasota, could not be reached for comment.

Reporter Stephen Thompson can be reached at (727) 451-2336 or spthompson@tampatrib.com.

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