In re Piland

*339In this interlocutory appeal1 respondents assert that the trial court erred by denying their *340motion for a proposed jury instruction based on MCL 722.634 in the adjudicative phase of a child protection proceeding. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we reverse the trial court's decision not to give the jury instruction and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. FACTS

On February 6, 2017, respondent-mother gave birth to the couple's third child, AP. AP was born at home with the assistance of a midwife, Sandra McCurdy. The day after AP's birth, McCurdy visited respondent's…