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{{Infobox soap character
| series = The Young and the Restless
| image1 = Melissa Ordway as Abby Newman.png
| caption1 = Melissa Ordway as Abby Newman
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| name = Abby Newman
| portrayer = {{Plainlist |
* Madison and Morgan Reinherz (2000–2003)
* [[Rachel and Amanda Pace]] (2003)
* [[Darcy Rose Byrnes]] (2003–2008)
* [[Hayley Erin]] (2008–2010)
* [[Emme Rylan]] (2010–2013)
* [[Melissa Ordway]] (2013–present)
}}
| creator = [[Kay Alden]]
| introducer = {{Plainlist |
* [[William J. Bell]] and [[Edward J. Scott]] (2000)
* [[Bradley Bell]] (2007)
* [[Maria Arena Bell]] and [[Paul Rauch]] (2008)
* [[Jill Farren Phelps]] (2013)
}}
| crossover = ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''
| years = 2000–present
| first  = November 13, 2000
| last =
| classification = [[List of The Young and the Restless cast members#Main cast|Present; regular]]
| alias            = Abby Rachel Carlton Newman<ref>Abby proclaims that her name is just "Abby" when someone referred to her as "Abigail". May 30, 2017.</ref><br>Abby Rayburn<br>Abby Chancellor
| occupation = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hotelier]]
* Businesswoman
* Business investor
* Marketing executive
* Reality television star
* Sales promoter
* Socialite
}}
| family = [[Newman family|Newman]]
| spouse= {{unbulleted list|[[Stitch Rayburn]] (2015–2016)|[[Chance Chancellor]] (2020–2023)}}
| father=[[Victor Newman]]
| mother=[[Ashley Abbott]]
| adoptivefather = [[Brad Carlton]] <!--Brad legally adopted Abby when she was a baby.-->
| stepmother      = [[Nikki Newman]]
| sons = Dominic Abbott Newman Winters Chancellor
| halfbrothers= {{unbulleted list|[[Nicholas Newman]]|[[Adam Newman]]|Robert Carlton}}
| halfsisters= {{unbulleted list|[[Victoria Newman]]|[[Colleen Carlton]] (adoptive)}}
| grandfathers= {{unbulleted list|Albert Miller|Brent Davis|Arthur Kaplan (adoptive)|[[John Abbott (character)|John Abbott]] (legal)}}
| grandmothers= {{unbulleted list|Cora Miller|[[Dina Mergeron]]|[[Rebecca Kaplan (The Young and the Restless)|Rebecca Kaplan]] (adoptive)}}
| uncles= {{unbulleted list|[[Matt Miller (The Young and the Restless)|Matt Miller]]|[[Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)|Jack Abbott]]|[[Billy Abbott]] (legal)|Eric Vanderway}}
| aunts= {{unbulleted list|[[Traci Abbott]]|Stephanie Kaplan (adoptive)}}
| cousins= {{unbulleted list|[[Keemo Volien Abbott]]|[[Kyle Abbott (The Young and the Restless)|Kyle Abbott]]|John Abbott III|[[Colleen Carlton]]| |[[List of The Young and the Restless characters (2000s)#Delia Abbott|Delia Abbott]] (legal)|[[Johnny Abbott]] (legal)|[[Katie Abbott]] (legal)|Theo Vanderway}}
| nephews= {{unbulleted list|[[Noah Newman]]|[[Reed Hellstrom]]|[[Johnny Abbott]] (adoptive)|[[Connor Newman]] | [[Christian Newman]]}}
| nieces = {{unbulleted list|Eve Nicole Howard|[[Cassie Newman]] (adoptive)|[[Summer Newman]]|[[Faith Newman]]|[[Katie Abbott]]}}
}}

'''Abby Newman''' is a fictional character from the American [[CBS]] soap opera, ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''. The character was introduced on November 13, 2000, as the daughter of [[Ashley Abbott]] ([[Eileen Davidson]]) and [[Victor Newman (fictional character)|Victor Newman]] ([[Eric Braeden]]). The role was portrayed by [[Darcy Rose Byrnes]] as a child until 2008, when the character was [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome|rapidly aged]] to a teenager, with [[Hayley Erin]] assuming the role the following year. In 2010, the character was rapidly aged again to an adult, with [[Emme Rylan]] cast as Erin's replacement. Rylan was let go in 2012 due to budgetary cuts, but returned months later in February 2013 on a [[The Young and the Restless cast members#Recurring cast|recurring status]] following viewer complaints.<ref name="Rylan Out"/><ref name="Rylan Out 2"/><ref name="Rylan Out 3"/><ref name="Rylan Back"/> However, her return was cut short once Rylan vacated the role to join ''[[General Hospital]]'' as [[Lulu Spencer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/gh/news/2013/0306-berman_rylan.php |title=GL, Y&R vet Emme Rylan is GH's new Lulu |publisher=Soap Central |date=March 6, 2013 |access-date=March 6, 2013}}</ref> [[Melissa Ordway]] was then hired as her recast, who made her debut on April 16, 2013. Rylan compared Abby to her previous role, [[Lizzie Spaulding]] on ''[[Guiding Light]]'', saying they were both wealthy heiresses who cause trouble.<ref name="RylanTVGuide"/> Upon Abby's return in 2013, Rylan felt that she had become "more mature".<ref name="Rylan Back 2"/>

==Casting==
In 2003, [[Darcy Rose Byrnes]] began portraying the character on both ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''. Byrnes' run came to an end in June 2008 when [[Noah Newman]] was aged to a teenager, and Abby's character was soon to follow. In December 2008, it was announced that [[Hayley Erin]] had been cast to portray a teenaged version of the character.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowe |first=Jillian |title=Heeeeeere's Abby? |url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2008/12/heeeeeeres-abby |access-date=August 13, 2013 |newspaper=[[Zap2it]]. [[Tribune Media Services]] |date=December 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105114832/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2008/12/heeeeeeres-abby |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="AbbySC">{{Cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/yr/whoswho/abby.php|title=Who's Who in Genoa City: Abby Newman|publisher=Soap Central|access-date=April 14, 2012}}</ref> In March 2010, it was announced that the character had been rapidly aged again to an adult, with [[Marcy Rylan]] scheduled to join the cast. Erin made her final appearance on April 14, with Rylan's debut on May 18, 2010.<ref name="RylanRecast">{{cite web|url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2010/03/06/marcy-rylan-in-at-yr |title=BREAKING NEWS: Marcy Rylan IN at The Young and the Restless! |work=[[Zap2it]] |publisher=[[Tribune Media Services]] |author=Jillian Bowe |date=March 6, 2010 |access-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402144434/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2010/03/06/marcy-rylan-in-at-yr |archive-date=April 2, 2012 }}</ref> Previously, Rylan was known for her three-year portrayal of [[Lizzie Spaulding]] on ''[[Guiding Light]]''.<ref name="RylanBio">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/marcy-rylan-bio|access-date=April 14, 2012|magazine=Soap Opera Digest|title=Marcy Rylan Bio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122230130/http://soapoperadigest.com/marcy-rylan-bio|archive-date=November 22, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2011, Rylan took a maternity leave and was absent from the soap opera for several weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Y&R Star Returns|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yr-star-returns|magazine=Soap Opera Digest|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref>
In September 2012, it was announced that Rylan had been let go from ''The Young and the Restless'' reportedly due to budgetary cuts,<ref name="Rylan Out">{{cite magazine|url=http://soapoperadigest.com/content/yrs-marcy-rylan-next-go |title=Y&R's Marcy Rylan Next To Go |magazine=[[Soap Opera Digest]] |date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Rylan Out 2">{{cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/yr/news/2012/0913-rylan.php |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |title=Marcy Rylan is Y&R's latest cut |publisher=SoapCentral |date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Rylan Out 3">{{cite web|last=Bowe |first=Jillian |title=Y&R Star Fired |url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2012/09/13/ousted-the-young-and-the-restless-marcy-rylan-tweets-love-for-fans |publisher=Daytime Confidential |date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915102020/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2012/09/13/ousted-the-young-and-the-restless-marcy-rylan-tweets-love-for-fans |archive-date=September 15, 2012 }}</ref> with her last airdate on October 23, 2012.<ref name="Rylan Out 4">{{cite book|chapter=No More Naked Heiress! |title=CBS Soaps In Depth |date=October 22, 2012 |page=11}}</ref> Within two months of her departure, it was announced that Rylan would be returning due to viewer complaints;<ref name="Rylan Back">{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE: Marcy Rylan Back To Y&R!|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-marcy-rylan-back-yr|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=[[American Media (publisher)|American Media Publishing]]|access-date=December 7, 2012|date=December 7, 2012}}</ref> her recurring return began on February 11, 2013, however, Rylan was announced to exit again soon after when news broke of her casting in the contract role of [[Lulu Spencer]] on [[ABC Daytime|ABC]]'s ''[[General Hospital]]'', Rylan vacated the role on April 10, 2013. [[Melissa Ordway]] was then announced to take over the role, with her debut on April 16, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/03/06/exclusive-hollywood-heights-beauty-melissa-ordway-is-new-abby-on-the-young-and-the-restle |title=EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Heights Beauty Melissa Ordway is New Abby on The Young and the Restless! |date=March 6, 2013 |first=Jamey |last=Giddens |work=Daytime Confidential |publisher=[[Zap2it]] |access-date=March 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310092508/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/03/06/exclusive-hollywood-heights-beauty-melissa-ordway-is-new-abby-on-the-young-and-the-restle |archive-date=March 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/rylan-leaves-yr-gh|title=Rylan Leaves Y&R For GH! |date=March 6, 2013|access-date=March 6, 2013|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://tvline.com/2013/03/06/general-hospital-cast-emme-rylan-new-lulu/ |last=Masters |first=Megan |title=TVLine Items: GH's New Lulu Is Y&R Fave, Voice Champ's Series, Supernatural Shakes and More |work=[[TVLine]] |date=March 6, 2013 |access-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/gh/news/2013/0306-berman_rylan.php |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |title=GL, Y&R vet Emme Rylan is GH's new Lulu |publisher=SoapCentral |date=March 6, 2013 |access-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref>

==Development==

===Characterization===
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Abby was conceived when [[Ashley Abbott]], desperate to have [[Victor Newman (fictional character)|Victor Newman]]'s child to replace the one whom she aborted years prior, [[Sperm theft|stole his sperm]] from [[Diane Jenkins]], who had obtained the sample illegally from a fertility lab. Ashley then secretly inseminated herself, and Abigail, "Abby" for short, was born on November 13, 2000.<ref name="AbbySC"/> Abby believed her father was [[Brad Carlton]], and was consequently given his last name. When Ashley had cancer, she recorded a video message for Abby to see when she was older, and revealed Victor was her biological father. Ashley survived her cancer, but Abby saw the video without her mother's knowledge, and ran to Victor. After the truth came out, she changed her name to Abigail Carlton Newman. In 2008, Abby's birth year was revised to 1994 when she was said to be 14 years old in December 2008.<ref name="AbbySC"/> With the role being recast in 2010, Abby's birth year is revised to 1988 when she is aged to 21.<ref name="RylanTVGuide"/>

Rylan was initially afraid that Abby was very similar to Lizzie Spaulding as they were both wealthy rich heiresses who caused trouble.<ref name="RylanTVGuide">{{Cite web|url=http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Features/Articles/100616_marcy_rylan_NB.htm|title=Interview with 'Y&R's Marcy Rylan|author=Nelson Branco|date=June 16, 2010|work=TV Guide Canada|access-date=April 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083328/http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Features/Articles/100616_marcy_rylan_NB.htm|archive-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rylan embraces typecast and stated that as an actor, it is good to be seen as someone who can play "good, bad, and the in-between."<ref name="RylanTVGuide"/> Rylan's Abby first appears in May 2010, promoting herself as an animal rights activist.<ref name="1stImpression">{{Cite web|url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2010/05/18/first-impressions-marcy-rylan-as-yrs-abby-newman|title=First Impressions: Marcy Rylan as Y&R's Abby Newman|date=May 18, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2012|publisher=Daytime Confidential|author=Luke Kerr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311025332/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2010/05/18/first-impressions-marcy-rylan-as-yrs-abby-newman|archive-date=March 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She garners the nickname, 'The Naked Heiress' when she flashes photographers in the lobby of [[Jabot Cosmetics]].<ref name="RylanTVGuide"/>

Rylan states that Abby is a member of both the Newmans and the Abbotts and "Abby is a little more half-and-half."<ref name="RylanTVGuide"/> Emme Rylan believes that Abby is such a rebel because she needs attention to feel like she matters to those around her. Abby's reality-TV star personality leads many to believe that Abby is the next [[Paris Hilton]].<ref name="RylanTVGuide"/>

After a short departure, Abby returns to Genoa City in 2013. Rylan felt that she was "more mature" and said, "For the first time, Abby is feeling a little embarrassed about her previous choices [...] She's trying really hard to be a better person...and figure out where she fits if she's not running around naked."<ref name="Rylan Back 2">{{cite web|last=Giddens|first=Jamey|title=Marcy Rylan on Abby's Young and Restless Return: "She's Trying Really Hard to Be a Better Person|url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/02/04/marcy-rylan-on-abbys-young-and-restless-return-shes-trying-really-hard-to-be-a-better-per|work=[[Zap2it]]|publisher=[[Tribune Media Services]]|access-date=February 7, 2013|date=February 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206215415/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2013/02/04/marcy-rylan-on-abbys-young-and-restless-return-shes-trying-really-hard-to-be-a-better-per|archive-date=February 6, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Romance===
In 2010, Abby was romantically linked with [[Daniel Romalotti]].<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment/> Soon after, she began flirting with [[Daniel Romalotti]] when the two begin sharing romantic interactions.<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment/> Abby had sex with Daniel in the Newman pool house, and she recorded it for her reality show.<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment/> Abby and Daniel's relationship was outed when [[Nikki Newman]] and Daniel's mother, [[Phyllis Summers]], saw Abby and Daniel making out in public.<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment/> Their relationship continued for a while, but when Abby found out that Daniel fathered a child with [[Daisy Carter]], she broke up with him.<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment>{{cite web|title=The Young and the Restless CAST – Abby Newman|url=http://soaps.sheknows.com/youngandrestless/cast/1141/Abby_Newman/|publisher=SheKnows Entertainment|access-date=August 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710003354/http://soaps.sheknows.com/youngandrestless/cast/1141/Abby_Newman/|archive-date=July 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Upon Abby's return, Abby was romantically linked to [[Marco Dapper]]'s [[Carmine Basco]], when the two begin dating much to him being shunned by the town, but Abby is able to convince some of them that Carmine is a good soul.<ref name="Dapper Interview"/> However the relationship wasn't given closure upon Rylan's exit from the soap opera.<ref name="Dapper Interview"/> Dapper admitted in an interview that the writers "didn't really know what to do with him after Abby left the first time".<ref name="Dapper Interview"/> He also stated that he hoped Carmine would have more of a "darker turn", and that he still believes there is a "left over spark" with Abby as their storyline "was never finished" and "nothing was wrapped up properly".<ref name="Dapper Interview">{{cite book|last=McElwain |first=Julie |chapter=A New Temptation |title=[[CBS Soaps In Depth]] |date=May 6, 2013 |pages=44–47}}</ref>

Shortly after her failed relationship with Carmine, Abby took romantic interest in Detective [[Ignacio Serricchio]]'s [[Alex Chavez]], and they began dating.<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment /> However, the relationship was short-lived when the writers soon began developing Abby's relationship with [[Redaric Williams]]'s [[Tyler Michaelson]].<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment /> According to Williams, Tyler is "intrigued" by Abby's unpredictable nature and said that their natural attraction could lead to romance.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ins&Outs (CBS): A Lady For Tyler?|page=11|magazine=[[Soaps In Depth]]|date=May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Abby Tyler">{{cite magazine|department= News (CBS)|title=Is Abby The Gal For Tyler?|magazine=[[Soaps In Depth]]|date=July 1, 2013|page=7}}</ref> However, Williams hinted that Tyler's interest in Abby could be his attempt to "suppress his feelings" for Lily.<ref name="Abby Tyler"/> Abby and Tyler's relationship faced some interference from Tyler's ex-fiancée, [[Mariah Copeland]], but she seemed to back off leading to Tyler proposing to Abby and they became engaged.<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment /> However, Abby breaks off the engagement when Mariah's interferences causes Abby to believe Tyler is still in love with Mariah.<ref name=SheKnowsEntertainment />

==Storylines==
Abby went with Ashley when she left [[Genoa City (fictional city)|Genoa City]] to work for [[Jabot Cosmetics|Jabot International]] in Hong Kong. Ashley later moved to Los Angeles with Abby, and later London, England for Ashley's work with [[Forrester Creations]]. Ashley traveled to Paris, France in search of Abby's father, Victor. Abby's parents eventually reunited and Brad became jealous when Abby bonded more with her real father Victor. However, Brad drowned in 2009, and his daughter, [[Colleen Carlton]], died by a similar fate several months later in 2009, leaving Abby as the sole beneficiary to the Carlton estate. After the deaths of the Carltons, Abby began to rebel against her parents. She pursued the much older [[Ryder Callahan]], and she unknowingly assisted with one of his schemes with his sister, Daisy Carter. Eventually, they were caught, and Abby decided to avoid the siblings.

Abby protested in front the lobby of Jabot Cosmetics after [[Tucker McCall]] became the company owner. Abby did not know that her mother returned to become CEO. Then, Abby planned to start her own reality television show, entitled ''"The Naked Heiress"'', but she didn't have the money to fund her dream. After her parents refused to help her, Abby hired [[Rafe Torres]] as her lawyer to sue her parents for her inheritance. Soon after, she began flirting with [[Daniel Romalotti]]. When [[Billy Abbott|Billy]] and [[Victoria Newman|Victoria Newman Abbott]] refused to help Abby with her reality television dream, she blackmailed Billy to be featured in his magazine, ''Restless Style''. She eventually revealed Billy and Victoria's secret Jamaican marriage to their family and friends. Seemingly unstoppable, the judge then denied Abby's plea for her inheritance. Meanwhile, Abby had sex with Daniel in the Newman pool house, and she recorded it for her reality show. Abby and Daniel's relationship was outed when [[Nikki Newman]] and Daniel's mother, [[Phyllis Summers]], saw Abby and Daniel making out in public. Their relationship continued for a while, but when Abby found out that Daniel fathered a child with Daisy Carter, she broke up with him. After she witnessed her mother kissing Tucker McCall, she asked him to go into business with her. When Tucker turned her down, Abby decided to take a bubble bath in [[Katherine Chancellor]]'s pool at the annual Chancellor [[Fourth of July]] party. Abby's inheritance was then withheld indefinitely. To spite her parents, Abby rode a horse, while naked, inside the Genoa City Athletic Club while Victor and Nikki were celebrating their engagement. She was arrested and thrown in jail. Upon her release, Abby decided to reopen her lawsuit against Victor, with the help of her uncle [[Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)|Jack Abbott]]. Later, Abby's half-siblings Victoria and [[Nicholas Newman]] joined her in her lawsuit. Victor tried to bargain with his children, but they wanted his cosmetics line, ''Beauty of Nature''. He refused their offer, and with the help of testimonies from their estranged half-brother [[Adam Newman]] and [[Neil Winters]], they each received $500&nbsp;million in the settlement.

When a powerful storm hit Genoa City, Abby searched for her mother, and she found Tucker with [[Diane Jenkins]]. When Tucker proposed to Ashley in 2010, Abby was disgusted with her stepfather-to-be. Meanwhile, Abby now had the funds to produce ''The Naked Heiress'', and she made her debut by stripping at Gloworm. She was then arrested and thrown in jail for [[indecent exposure]]. Abby invited her mother on a girls' night out in an attempt to repair their relationship. In reality, she lured her mother to a cabin where she had manipulated Tucker into meeting Diane. On the way, Abby accidentally crashed into Tucker, leaving him severely injured. Ashley switched places with Abby, and she was jailed for her "reckless driving". Abby soon remembered that she was the driver, but her parents sent her to rehab to prevent her from confessing the truth. Before she left, she made a confessional tape with the truth about the accident, and the tape fell into the hands of Diane Jenkins and [[Deacon Sharpe]]. Abby returned from rehab after only a few days, and Tucker woke up from his coma soon after. He married Ashley from his hospital bed the next day. He, too, remembered that Abby hit him, not Ashley. Abby decided to come clean to Tucker, and he forgave her. They decided to keep the truth between the two of them. With Diane threatening to reveal her confession tape to the public, she met her in the town park. The next day, Abby woke up with dirt on her clothes to hear the news that Diane's body was found in the park. Abby remembered wrestling with Diane for a key to a safe where her confession tape was located. [[Ronan Malloy|Detective Ronan Malloy]] revealed that a key was found in Diane's throat. Ashley also met with Diane on the night of the murder, and she learned that Tucker did actually have an affair with Diane. Ashley apologized to Abby for not believing her. Detective Malloy eventually found a flash drive with Abby's confession hidden in a piece of evidence. The police arrested Abby for hitting Tucker with her car, but Tucker saved her when he told the police that Abby was not the driver. After Ashley and Tucker's official wedding ceremony in 2011, Abby went on vacation to Los Angeles, California for the holidays.

She is now working at Newman alongside her sister Victoria and father Victor and just married Ben Rayburn on December 31, 2015, but is having doubts.

Married life seemed to be agreeing with Abby. It looked as if Ben and Abby had the perfect life laid out for them. That is until Stitch's (Ben Rayburn's) son Max was orphaned after his mom (Ben's ex) was killed in a car accident the day of his and Abby's wedding. Stitch's son and mother were en route to the wedding so Max could be a part of his father's wedding. But misfortune took and Ben's son ended up at the Genoa City Police Department with the department's police chief and lead detective, Paul Williams. Following the wedding, Ben is phoned by Paul from the station of an emergency and he and Abby rush to join Max and Paul there.

==Reception==
Tommy Garrett of the website Highlight Hollywood slammed executive producer [[Jill Farren Phelps]] for her initial firing of Rylan, who he described as "the best thing on ''Y&R'' in decades". Garrett was unfavorable of Ordway's performance, calling her "Melissa Ordinary" and stating that she is "as exciting to watch, as being stuck in traffic on the L.A. Freeway".<ref>{{cite web|last=Garrett|first=Tommy|title=On Jill Farren Phelps, Highlight Hollywood Readers Ask, Why Does She Hate Women So Much? Jealousy Perhaps?|url=http://highlighthollywood.com/2013/07/on-jill-farren-phelps-highlight-hollywood-readers-asks-why-does-she-hate-women-so-much-jealousy-perhaps/|work=Highlight Hollywood|access-date=August 2, 2013|date=July 29, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Soap Opera Digest]]'' wrote that letting Rylan "slip away" to join ''General Hospital'' was "puzzling".<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Thumbs up! and down! |title=Soap Opera Digest. ''American Media, Inc'' |date=June 3, 2013 |page=36}}</ref> ''[[Soaps in Depth]]'' was also critical of the soap opera's decision to let Rylan leave for ''General Hospital'', writing: "Turns out if you snooze, you really ''do'' lose. Anyone requiring proof that ''The Young and the Restless'' corrected a recent blunder by bringing Emme Rylan back as Abby... and then allowed her to be stolen away by ''General Hospital'', where she'll take over the role of Lulu. Adding insult to injury? Just how much Rylan's return reminded us of how much we loved her as Abby!" They also wrote that they would "never understand how ''Y&R'' was foolish enough to let Rylan slip through their fingers not once but twice".<ref name="Gold Star">{{cite book|chapter=Gold Star |title=Soaps In Depth. ''Bauer Media Group'' |date=April 8, 2013 |page=90}}</ref> The magazine praised the character's change in maturity, describing her as the "new, improved Abby". They wrote:<ref name="Gold Star"/>
{{cquote|Almost immediately, it became clear that this was a different Abby than the one who'd left Genoa City a few months earlier. While she still had a way with a quip, her remarks were less pointed and more loving. Gone were the antics of the Naked Heiress and in their place was a young woman determined to take full advantage of her position as the rare Newman/Abbott hybrid. Despite Abby's newfound maturity, Rylan had plenty of opportunity to let her alter ego's mischievous side to play... especially where her former beau Carmine was concerned.}}In 2022, Melissa received her first Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mistretta |first=Amy |date=2022-06-27 |title=Young & Restless' Melissa Ordway Reveals How She Spent Daytime Emmy Night After Being Forced to Miss the Awards Ceremony |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/635187/young-restless-where-was-melissa-ordway-daytime-emmy-awards-ceremony/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Soaps.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Charlie Mason and Richard Simms from ''[[Soaps She Knows]]'' named Abby's affair with [[Devon Hamilton]] ([[Bryton James]]) as the "Most Shocking Hookup" of soap operas of 2022, commenting that their "jaws definitely dropped when ''Young & Restless''{{'}} Devon and Abby suddenly started going at it on the couch… and the stairs… and against the wall…".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simms |first1=Richard |title=Soaps' Best and Worst of 2022: From Best Show to Worst Storyline, Favorite Couple to Most Ruined Character [PHOTOS] |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/gallery/daytime-soap-operas-best-worst-2022-couples-scenes-photos/ |website=[[Soaps She Knows]] |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.soapcentral.com/yr/whoswho/abby.php Abigail "Abby" Carlton Newman's profile on SoapCentral]

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