oh ok thanks
Well, I’m glad you stopped by to ask about this first.
Your son is definitely not allowed to put his wow account under your battle.net account. That’s considered account sharing and can lead to account actions for both of you.
Unfortunately, the same goes for your wife. Her account should not be under your battle.net either.
Only one adult and one minor child/dependant are allowed to ever access a battle.net account.
Probably not the answer you were hoping for! Sorry.
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Sorry, Nitewraith, but Perl is correct. If the son currently on your Battle.net account is a minor that is permitted, but your wife should not be sharing access to the account at all nor should your adult son join. 
The registered user on an account is the only one who should access it, with the one exception of a minor child that you are the parent or guardian may be granted access to it (though we do recommend that if they are over 13 they are given their own Battle.net account - as it does make it easier when they transition to adulthood).
I’m honestly not sure what can be done at this point, since it sounds like this is how you all started once the Battle.net account was introduced. I would recommend contacting our Support staff to see if you can move your wife’s Wow license to her own Battle.net.
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I’m sorry to add a question to this thread, but I honestly do not know the answer.
Unfortunately, in my case, when all is said and done, I will have joint custody of my son. Can he still access his account on my battlenet from moms home while I access my account from my new home? Assuming I reactivate both accounts mind you.
Authenticator and SMS attached to the account, and it would be from the same town, or a suburb of the same town.
Yes. You or he may be challenged by the security system, but with an Authenticator on it that isn’t likely to be common.
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Thanks Papa V, I am still navigating all this turmoil. I appreciate the info.
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And that is wherein the issue lies. You cannot share Battle Net accounts except in the case of a parent/legal guardian and 1 of their minor children/legal wards.
Per the End User License Agreement:
- The Platform.
A. The Blizzard Account.
i.
ii.
(…) you cannot share the Account or the Login Information with anyone, unless the terms of this Agreement allow it.
iii.
iv.
v. Subject to the laws of your country of residence, minor children may utilize an Account established by their parent or legal guardian.
Only licenses in your name were supposed to be put on your Bnet account. Blizzard has never allowed account sharing - with the exception of one minor child you are the legal guardian of.
The old WoW accounts were stand alone licenses. A Battlenet account is like a keyring. It holds:
- 8 WoW licences
- 1 Diablo 3, Hearthstone, HotS, SC2, Overwatch
Your Battlenet account is your login (email/password). The official account holder is the person who has their name on the Bnet account - not the person who pays for an individual license.
Only the person who has their name on the account is allowed to log into it.
Your wife or adult children are not allowed to use your login. They never have been able to as per the rules.
If you want to comply with the rules, you are going to have to see if billing is willing to move a license off the Bnet account to their own new Bnet account. Of course, they will lose all the shared mounts/pets/etc.
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You explained it just fine, Nitewraith. I think there may have been some confusion when you originally set up the Battle.net account when it was introduced back in 2009. It wasn’t intended to allow you to consolidate WoW licenses under a single access point, nor was it ever allowed.
The items that are marked as Battle.net Account Bound are intended to be shared between characters, realms and accounts that a single registered user accesses.
I am sorry if that wasn’t as clear back then.
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I don’t anticipate this post sticking around very long for one plainly obvious reason, but if you can show proof where multiboxing isn’t allowed and where account sharing is permissible, things might tip in your favor.
Lashing out because things are not going in your favor is not helpful.
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I can’t speak for what happened back then, Nitewraith. It is likely that the rep was under the impression that all of the licenses were yours, or shared with a minor child/children and not shared with the entire family, including adult members.
To be clear, multiboxing isn’t against policy. Botting is, which we deal with on a continual basis.
It is important to mention that if you have to separate the letters in order to post the word, there is a reason for that.
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