Ric Rivera

Ricardo "Ric" Rivera was the father of Gertrude Rivera and Andrea Montgomery. Prior to the beginning of the series Ric passed away from an unknown illness.

Early Life
Not much is known about Ric's early life except that he went to college studying to be a doctor. He eventually went on and married an unknown women during this time and had his first child Gertrude with her. They eventually divorced and he moved to Miami for work as a Cardiologist., where he would meet his second wife. His second marriage produced another daughter named Andrea. As his oldest daughter meet various tragedies in her life following her mother's death shortly after graduation, he tried as best as he could to help her, often having to bail her out of jail. He would do this unitl his death, because he felt responsible for the way she turned out, and even after his death he left most of his money to Gertrude as he felt that she would need it more than Andrea or his wife.