This is the ultimate question about a household. If there is a chance to eliminate the tension and conflict, then divorce should be put on the back burner until that is explored.
This is MORE or less what mb28's therapist told HER, give the marriage six months of work and then follow up with a checkpoint. I think this is a perfectly reasonable solution given the circumstances posted here to date.
In your situation I would have needed more details on your parent's conflict to comment, but there's a good chance the advice may be quite different in that case.
