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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5

June 6, 2001





Kimberly-Clark Corporation
P.O. Box 619100
Dallas, Texas 75261-9100

             Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8
                  (Kimberly-Clark Corporation 2001 Equity Participation Plan)

Gentlemen:

I am Senior Vice President - Law and Government Affairs of Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and I have acted as
counsel to the Corporation in connection with the preparation and filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") relating to the registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par
value (the "Shares"), to be offered under the Corporation's 2001 Equity
Participation Plan (the "Plan").

I have examined the Plan and such corporate and other documents and records, and
certificates of public officials and officers of the Corporation, as I have
deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. In stating my opinion I have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures of, and the authority of, persons
signing any documents or records on behalf of parties other than the Plan and
the Corporation, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals
and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to
me as certified or photostatic copies.

Based on the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

1.   The Corporation is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing
     under the laws of the State of Delaware.

2.   The Shares, when acquired in accordance with the terms and conditions of
     the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable and no
     personal liability





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     will attach to the ownership thereof, except with respect to
     nonassessability as provided in Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the Wisconsin
     Business Corporation Law.

3.   The provisions of the written documents constituting the Plan comply with
     the requirements of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
     as amended, pertaining to such provisions.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration
Statement. In addition, I hereby consent to the use of this opinion in the
related Section 10(a) Prospectus.

Very truly yours,

/s/ O. George Everbach

O. George Everbach
Senior Vice President -
  Law and Government Affairs



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