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How her parents treat eachother is as valuable of an indicator. I also think that at least as important is whether or not she has long term, meaningful relationships with other women that you enjoy spending time with and whether or not her behavior is significantly different with her friends than it is with you.
THIS is the flag. This is how he/she will view other relationships moreso than their own relationship with their parents.
I don't believe a person's relationship or lack thereof with their parents is necessarily an accurate predictor of how they'll be with you. At the same time, I don't think it's just something you should ignore. I dated a girl once who had shut her mother out of her life. I didn't really ask for all the details as to why and obviously I only heard one side of the story. It wasn't something I ever held against her or judged her for since I didn't have all the facts. But I also didn't act like it was no big deal. She wasn't very good at letting me in emotionally and I couldn't help but think that was part of why her relationship with her mother fell apart. Some people have a need to keep everyone else at a distance and it makes it difficult to have a healthy relationship with them.
I think it could be a red flag. Most people I know who have troubled relationships with their parents are also not the nicest people in the world.
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