Doctor Abigail Carter was the first wife of Jack Carter and the mother of his daughter Zoe. She met Jack in 1988, when she was 18 and he was 19. At the time, Abby had just started studying medicine, while Jack was a police officer in training. Zoe was born less than three years later, on April 8th 1991. The couple got married halfway through Abby's pregnancy.
When Zoe was 5, Jack began working for the U.S. Marshals Service, and things went downhill from there. Throughout the following years, he was very focused on his job. He and Abby grew apart, and Zoe started rebelling to gain her father's attention.
Jack and Abby got divorced in early 2003. Afterwards, Zoe spent most of her time with her mother while her father allowed work to consume him completely. The girl only saw him when she got in the kind of trouble that ended up in her criminal record.
In 2006, Jack moved to Eureka and became the town's sheriff. Zoe decided to follow him, and both of them found their true home there. Unfortunately, that means Abby didn't see her daughter very often after that.
While she was involved with a few men after the divorce, Abby never got remarried, and Zoe remained her only child.