I'll relay this story from my divorce attorney:
A long time ago he represented a guy who was convinced his wife was cheating on him, and he wanted to hire a private investigator to tail her. So the attorney arranges for a PI, and sure enough, the PI photos the wife and her high school boyfriend walking out of a hotel. The client confronts his wife with the photos, and she immediately breaks down crying, confesses, and begs for forgiveness. The client tells this to his attorney and asks, "Now what should I do?" The attorney says, "Maybe try forgiving her." The client takes his advice, and my attorney says that every year on their anniversary the client texts him to let him know that he and his wife are still married and to thank him for the advice. When my attorney told me that story he said it had been about 10 years since the affair, so that couple still kept going for a while.
My attorney told me that story during my divorce in the context of reconciliation, but he didn't push it, and if you know my harrowing take from the other thread, you understand why that couldn't happen.
I think a lot of divorce attorneys counsel the possibility of reconciliation, and that's a good thing. But my hunch is that very few couples stay together after one of them hires a lawyer and/or files for divorce. @hornian, any ballpark estimates on the percentage of your clients who reconcile?