Tashandra Adams is the mother of three daughters, of which one, Cassie, was murdered. Because of the unsafe exposure the girls had in her home, they were removed and sent to live with Dorothy Rudd and her daughter Jane. When Cassie was murdered, Tashandra was horrified and knew the Rudds had something to do with it.
In a bid to save her two living daughters, Tanya and Whitley, she kidnapped them and tried to run off with them, the two of them confirming her suspicions about the Rudds. When the detectives found her and convinced her to surrender the girls, Tashandra told them Dorothy murdered Cassie, with Jane tying her up so she wouldn't get away.
When the Rudds were successfully convicted, Tashandra and the detectives fought for her having custody of Tayna and Whitley, with her daughters being safely returned to her at the end. She wanted to take in the Rudd's special needs adoptive son Glenn, but he was already in the system by then. (SVU: "Care")