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Few ways to prevent a divorce battle

New York lags behind many states in offering divorcing couples ways to prevent the kind of bruising court battle fought by Brinkley and Cook.

Isn't there a better way?

The salacious and rage-fueled divorce trial of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook may have made for good gossip, but experts say it is also a perfect example of everything divorce shouldn't be: expensive, public, bruising and adversarial.

Aside from the cameras and commentary, experts say the Brinkley-Cook trial, which ended last week after the parties settled...

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