April 25, 2000

GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc.
Three Executive Campus
Cherry Hill, New Jersey  08002

              Re:  GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. 2000-5 Trust
                   REMIC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-5
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

            I am Vice President and General Counsel of GE Capital Mortgage
Services, Inc., a New Jersey corporation ("GECMSI"), and, in such capacity, I
am familiar with (i) the preparation and filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of the registration statement
on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-68951 and 333-68951-01) as amended to the date
hereof (the "Registration Statement"), by GECMSI and GE Capital Mortgage
Funding Corporation relating to the registration of $15,000,000,000 aggregate
principal in respect of mortgage pass-through certificates issuable in
series; (ii) the proposed issuance of REMIC Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2000-5 (the "Certificates") by GE Capital Mortgage
Services, Inc. 2000-5 Trust under a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of April 1, 2000 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), between GECMSI and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee, and (iii) the sale of
certain classes of the Certificates (the "Offered Certificates") by GECMSI to
Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman") (the "Underwriter") pursuant to an
underwriting agreement dated the date hereof, as amended and supplemented by a
terms agreement dated the date hereof (together, the "Underwriting
Agreement") for public offer and resale by the Underwriter pursuant to a
Prospectus Supplement dated the date hereof to the Prospectus dated January
25, 2000, relating to the Registration Statement.

            In arriving at the opinions expressed below, I have examined and
relied on the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to my
satisfaction of all such documents, agreements and instruments, such
corporate records of GECMSI and such other instruments and other certificates
of public officials, officers and representatives GECMSI and such other
persons and I have made such investigations of law as I have deemed
appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.  In rendering the
opinions expressed below, I have assumed and have not verified that the
signatures on all documents that I have examined are genuine, and have
assumed and not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document
I have reviewed.



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            Based on the foregoing, it is my opinion that (i) the execution,
delivery and performance by GECMSI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
(ii) the issuance of the Certificates pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and (iii) the sale of the Offered Certificates by GECMSI pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by GECMSI.

            In giving the foregoing opinions, I express no opinion as to the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New Jersey.

            I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to
the Registration Statement without admitting that I am an "expert" within the
meaning of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued
thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including
this Exhibit.


                                          Very truly yours,

                                          /s/ Thomas F. Kleissler

                                          Thomas F. Kleissler