First, you should be using $1 on the right-hand side, not \1.

Second, you need to be trickier. Here's one way: 

my $from = "my (mom)";  # UPDATE: was '"my (mom")'
my $to = "our \$1";
$content =~ s/$from/qq{qq{$to}}/ee;

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It's a bit difficult to explain, but it's two layers of evaluation. The first layer turns qq{qq{$to}} into qq{our $1}, and the second layer interpolates $1.

Or, you could use DynScalar: 

use DynScalar;
my $from = "my (mom)";
my $to = dynamic { "our $1" };
$content =~ s/$from/$to/;

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It's magic.
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