the first time i asked my forum got hijacked by att lurkers so this is attempt 2

The issue is that the account (that is all lines on it) is tied to your mother's ownership (including her SSN). So legally and by Federal regulations, this is not something they can make an exception to.

Hopefully your mother will decide to let you take the phone and the line so that you both can move on, no longer tied to each other. She can permit a Transfer of Billing Responsibility online: www.att.com/tobr 

However if your mother stands her ground, then the alternative is starting over with your own service.

There is no clause or anything else.  AT&T only recognizes and deals with the account holder.  Period.  The account holder has the sole right to add and delete members from the plan, and to cancel numbers.  Also, as far as paying for bills and devices, payments are the responsibility of the account holder.  They don’t care where the money comes from.  Wishing it to be something else doesn’t change how actually it is.

If you want your own account, simply go online or into a store and sign up for service on your own.  But be aware that the phone and the phone number belong to to the account holder as far as AT&T is concerned.  Nothing you tell AT&T is going to change that.  If your mother blacklists the phone or won’t release your number, AT&T can’t and won’t do anything about it.  You’ll have to work it out with your mother, through the court system, if you have to.

thanks for your response. NOTED . i think everyone knows att makes exceptions all the time if they benefit from it and its cost effective regardless if its ethical.

i highly encourage all with similiar problems to review my other post to see what i have said to similiar responses the first time. Pay special attention to who and what is being said. I post this more so out of awareness than expecting an actual solution from this company. BUT i would like to keep it OPEN on the small chance i do come up with a solution and will come back and confirm it here. 

( i am currently under review (( eyes rolled)) for the request which i had already done before posting the first time ) 

a similiar response has be made on my first post , i suggest anyone interested in my response please click on my profile and scroll down to the intial post to view it. 

Sorry if I was reiterating what was already said. Just the reality of the situation. Hope you and your mom can come to terms to at least move on, even if you still have issues elsewhere. Good luck.

i really dont need any responses until someone with a similiar situation provides me a known solution . im totally ok with being the last comment until then...

Small claims court. I know that's not the answer your want to hear. Or get a cheap phone and new number and move on, knowing that your mother no longer has leverage over you.

You don’t get to dictate who can respond to your public post. Just like you are not the owner of the phone number or equipment on your mother’s account. The only way you will be able to take the number or use the equipment is if your mother allows it. There is NO exception AT&T can make for this.