Have an option to set up a new tax return from the dependent screen. All the necessary information to create a new return is there except assigning a client number.
I requested this years ago when Lacerte would ask you for your ideas for improvement at the end of each filing season. I agree there should be a "click here: type of mechanism to create the dependent return.
Lacerte should have a way to open a new client which has previously been a dependent. Why should the user have to input all the relevant data, including (usually) the address, but also the birthday? In any dependent’s screen, this should be a way to create a new client. This would also be useful after a divorce, in which you have the secondary taxpayer in front of you, freshly single. This new client should be created with a click of the mouse.