Detective, married to Kathy since they were 17. They have five children together, and in order from oldest to youngest it’s Maureen, Kathleen, twins Richard and Elizabeth, and Eli. Came from an Irish American Catholic family and has five siblings. Protective of his family, intense, paternal, and often volatile nature towards suspects. Through his daughter Maureen he is the father-in-law to Carl and the grandfather to Kieran and Seamus. Through his son Eli, Stabler is the grandfather of Owen. 