Estate Planning

Preserving Wealth Across Generations

Strategic Wealth Transfer

Estate planning is fundamentally about control—ensuring that your assets are distributed according to your wishes while minimizing friction for those you leave behind. At Collica Group, we approach estate planning as a strategic process, designed to preserve wealth, reduce complexity, and create clarity across generations. We work closely with you to understand your goals, family dynamics, and long-term vision. From there, we structure your estate in a way that balances efficiency with intention, ensuring that your legacy is not only protected but also thoughtfully directed. By addressing these decisions proactively, we help reduce uncertainty, avoid unnecessary costs, and create a clear roadmap for wealth transfer that reflects your values and priorities.

Tax-Efficient Structuring

A well-designed estate plan must account for the impact of taxes. Without proper planning, a significant portion of your wealth can be lost to estate and inheritance taxes, reducing what ultimately reaches your beneficiaries. We evaluate a range of strategies—including trusts, gifting techniques, and entity structuring—to minimize tax exposure while maintaining flexibility. Each solution is tailored to your financial situation and designed to adapt as laws and circumstances evolve. This disciplined approach ensures that your estate plan works efficiently, preserving more of your wealth and maximizing the value passed on to future generations.

Legacy Planning with Clarity

Beyond financial considerations, estate planning is about defining the legacy you want to leave. We help translate complex legal and financial structures into a clear, actionable plan that reflects your intentions and provides guidance for your family. This includes ensuring that all elements—documents, designations, and strategies—are properly aligned and executed. We also work to simplify decision-making for your beneficiaries, reducing potential confusion or conflict during an already difficult time. With a focus on clarity and precision, we create estate plans that provide both confidence today and continuity for the future.

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Have questions or need assistance? Contact us today to schedule a complimentary, no-obligation meeting.

Whether you’re looking for advice or just want to explore your options, our team is ready to provide expert guidance.

Anthony Collica, CFP®, ChFC®

Executive Director Wealth Management

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
215 N New River Dr E.
Fort Lauderdale FL 33301

SOUTHFIELD, MI
28411 Northwestern Hwy.
Suite 1300, Southfield, MI 48034

SAG HARBOR, NY

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Executive Director Wealth Management

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COO & Client Concierge

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Securities and investment advisory services offered through Osaic Wealth, Inc. member FINRA/SIPC. Osaic Wealth. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of Osaic Wealth. This communication is strictly intended for individuals residing in the states of  CO, FL, MI, NY, OH, VA . No offers may be made or accepted from any resident outside the specific states referenced.

The FIVE STAR Wealth Manager list, awarded in May, 2026 is created by Crescendo Business Services LLC. It includes less than 7% of 3902 wealth managers in the Detroit area in 2026.  Award candidates are identified by one of three sources; firm nomination, peer nomination or prequalification. Wealth managers were evaluated across ten criteria: (a) Credentialed as an investment advisory representative or a registered investment advisor; (b) Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years; (c) Favorable regulatory and complaint history review; (d) Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards; (e) Accepting new clients; (f) One-year client retention rate; (g) Five-year client retention rate; (h) non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; (i) Number of client households served. (j) Educational and professional designations. Favorable and unfavorable evaluations are included in the score. Each wealth manager is reviewed for regulatory actions, civil judicial actions, and customer complaints. A favorable regulatory and complaint history is defined by Five Star Professional to mean that the wealth manager has not:  *Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; *Had more than a total of three settled or pending customer complaints filed against them with any regulatory authority or through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; *Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; *Filed for personal bankruptcy; *Been convicted of a felony. Five Star Wealth Managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Scores reflect an average of all respondents and are not representative of any one client's evaluation. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth managers’ future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. Working with a FIVE STAR Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or the magazine. Five Star Professional is not an advisory firm. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to: fivestarprofessional.com.

The information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. When you link to any of the websites provided here, you are leaving this website. We make no representation as to the completeness or accuracy of information provided at these websites. The company is not liable for any direct or indirect technical or system issues or any consequences arising out of your access to or your use of third-party technologies, websites, information, and programs made available through this website. When you access one of these websites, you are leaving our web site and assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the websites you are linking to. Osaic Wealth Form CRS

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
215 N New River Dr E.
Fort Lauderdale FL 33301

SOUTHFIELD, MI
28411 Northwestern Hwy.
Suite 1300, Southfield, MI 48034

SAG HARBOR, NY

CONNECT

Anthony M. Collica, CFP®, ChFC®, BFA™

Executive Director Wealth Management

Ashley Brünner

COO & Client Concierge

Join our newsletter

@ 2026 Collica Group. All rights reserved

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Osaic Wealth, Inc. member FINRA/SIPC. Osaic Wealth. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of Osaic Wealth. This communication is strictly intended for individuals residing in the states of  CO, FL, MI, NY, OH, VA . No offers may be made or accepted from any resident outside the specific states referenced.

The FIVE STAR Wealth Manager list, awarded in May, 2026 is created by Crescendo Business Services LLC. It includes less than 7% of 3902 wealth managers in the Detroit area in 2026.  Award candidates are identified by one of three sources; firm nomination, peer nomination or prequalification. Wealth managers were evaluated across ten criteria: (a) Credentialed as an investment advisory representative or a registered investment advisor; (b) Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years; (c) Favorable regulatory and complaint history review; (d) Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards; (e) Accepting new clients; (f) One-year client retention rate; (g) Five-year client retention rate; (h) non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; (i) Number of client households served. (j) Educational and professional designations. Favorable and unfavorable evaluations are included in the score. Each wealth manager is reviewed for regulatory actions, civil judicial actions, and customer complaints. A favorable regulatory and complaint history is defined by Five Star Professional to mean that the wealth manager has not:  *Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; *Had more than a total of three settled or pending customer complaints filed against them with any regulatory authority or through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; *Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; *Filed for personal bankruptcy; *Been convicted of a felony. Five Star Wealth Managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Scores reflect an average of all respondents and are not representative of any one client's evaluation. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth managers’ future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. Working with a FIVE STAR Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or the magazine. Five Star Professional is not an advisory firm. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to: fivestarprofessional.com.

The information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. When you link to any of the websites provided here, you are leaving this website. We make no representation as to the completeness or accuracy of information provided at these websites. The company is not liable for any direct or indirect technical or system issues or any consequences arising out of your access to or your use of third-party technologies, websites, information, and programs made available through this website. When you access one of these websites, you are leaving our web site and assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the websites you are linking to. Osaic Wealth Form CRS

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
215 N New River Dr E.
Fort Lauderdale FL 33301

SOUTHFIELD, MI
28411 Northwestern Hwy.
Suite 1300, Southfield, MI 48034

SAG HARBOR, NY

CONNECT

Anthony M. Collica, CFP®, ChFC®, BFA™

Executive Director Wealth Management

Ashley Brünner

COO & Client Concierge

Join our newsletter

@ 2026 Collica Group. All rights reserved

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Osaic Wealth, Inc. member FINRA/SIPC. Osaic Wealth. is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of Osaic Wealth. This communication is strictly intended for individuals residing in the states of  CO, FL, MI, NY, OH, VA . No offers may be made or accepted from any resident outside the specific states referenced.

The FIVE STAR Wealth Manager list, awarded in May, 2026 is created by Crescendo Business Services LLC. It includes less than 7% of 3902 wealth managers in the Detroit area in 2026.  Award candidates are identified by one of three sources; firm nomination, peer nomination or prequalification. Wealth managers were evaluated across ten criteria: (a) Credentialed as an investment advisory representative or a registered investment advisor; (b) Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years; (c) Favorable regulatory and complaint history review; (d) Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards; (e) Accepting new clients; (f) One-year client retention rate; (g) Five-year client retention rate; (h) non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; (i) Number of client households served. (j) Educational and professional designations. Favorable and unfavorable evaluations are included in the score. Each wealth manager is reviewed for regulatory actions, civil judicial actions, and customer complaints. A favorable regulatory and complaint history is defined by Five Star Professional to mean that the wealth manager has not:  *Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; *Had more than a total of three settled or pending customer complaints filed against them with any regulatory authority or through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; *Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint filed with a regulatory authority; *Filed for personal bankruptcy; *Been convicted of a felony. Five Star Wealth Managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Scores reflect an average of all respondents and are not representative of any one client's evaluation. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth managers’ future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. Working with a FIVE STAR Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or the magazine. Five Star Professional is not an advisory firm. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to: fivestarprofessional.com.

The information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. When you link to any of the websites provided here, you are leaving this website. We make no representation as to the completeness or accuracy of information provided at these websites. The company is not liable for any direct or indirect technical or system issues or any consequences arising out of your access to or your use of third-party technologies, websites, information, and programs made available through this website. When you access one of these websites, you are leaving our web site and assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the websites you are linking to. Osaic Wealth Form CRS