Mitch, however, wanted his daughter to grow up loved by Viki in the lap of luxury and sent Allison to kidnap Clint's child.

However, Roxy shows up, exposing his lies, and Judge Fitzwater gives her the opportunity to dump Max and take everything he owns.

Instead, she is visiting her vile, hateful mother, who passes up no opportunity to make Roxy feel like garbage.

In spite of his fervent pleas, Roxy divorces him and is awarded the mill house, the Break Bar, all the bank accounts, and marital assets.

In March 2009, Roxy learns that her grandson, Shane, has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.

Roxy goes to a facility where she takes the DNA of a mysterious man to see if he can donate stem cells to Shane.

Gigi's sister, Stacy Morasco, blackmails Roxy to make it look like she is the donor in order to get Rex for herself.

Allison tells Roxy that her son is Schuyler Joplin, who has been arrested for shooting Bo Buchanan.

At the end of the series, Roxy says good-bye to Rex when he and Gigi decide to move to London with Shane.

For her portrayal of Roxy, Kristen garnered two consecutive Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2004 and 2005.

[citation needed] In 2024, Charlie Mason from Soaps She Knows included Roxy in his list of the worst mothers in American soap operas, writing, "Though the brassy beautician was often played for laughs, there was nothing funny about the screwed-up individuals that her "mothering" made of Natalie and Rex — and it turned out, they weren't even Roxy's kids!