process = Process.by_id(self.conn, process_id)
             todo = Todo(None, process, False, day.date)
             todo.save(self.conn)
-            for step in todo.process.explicit_steps:
-                for t in [t for t in existing_todos
-                          if t.process.id_ == step.step_process_id]:
-                    todo.add_child(t)
-                    break
+            todo.adopt_from(existing_todos)
             todo.save(self.conn)
 
     def do_POST_todo(self) -> None:
 
         self.enables: list[Condition] = []
         self.disables: list[Condition] = []
         if not self.id_:
-            self.conditions = process.conditions[:]
-            self.enables = process.enables[:]
-            self.disables = process.disables[:]
+            self.conditions = self.process.conditions[:]
+            self.enables = self.process.enables[:]
+            self.disables = self.process.disables[:]
 
     @classmethod
     def from_table_row(cls, db_conn: DatabaseConnection,
         """Return ID of tasked Process."""
         return self.process.id_
 
+    @property
+    def unsatisfied_dependencies(self) -> list[int]:
+        """Return Process IDs of .process.explicit_steps not in .children."""
+        child_process_ids = {c.process.id_ for c in self.children}
+        unsatisfied: list[int] = []
+        for process_id in [s.step_process_id
+                           for s in self.process.explicit_steps]:
+            if process_id not in child_process_ids:
+                unsatisfied += [process_id]
+        return unsatisfied
+
     @property
     def is_done(self) -> bool:
         """Wrapper around self._is_done so we can control its setter."""
                 for condition in self.disables:
                     condition.is_active = False
 
+    def adopt_from(self, todos: list[Todo]) -> None:
+        """As far as possible, fill unsatisfied dependencies from todos."""
+        for process_id in self.unsatisfied_dependencies:
+            for todo in [t for t in todos if t.process.id_ == process_id]:
+                self.add_child(todo)
+                break
+
     def get_step_tree(self, seen_todos: set[int],
                       seen_conditions: set[int]) -> TodoStepsNode:
         """Return tree of depended-on Todos and Conditions."""